Man Accused Of Making Bomb Threat On Plane In South Florida Posts Bond

John Magee

Photo: CBS 12

A New Jersey man is out on $30,000 bond, facing charges in a bomb scare at Palm Beach International Airport Tuesday night.

Concourse C had to be evacuated after passengers boarding a Frontier Airlines flight bound for Philadelphia said they heard 66-year old John Magee say "I have a bomb in the bag" as he slammed a backpack onto the ground.

Several hundred travelers in the terminal had to move to another part of the airport. Seven flights were delayed during the three-hour closure.

The man went before a judge on Wednesday.

The prosecutor asked for a high bond, but Magee's public defender said that wouldn't be necessary. She said the comment, which the man denies making, "was in the 'dumb' category rather than in the 'malicious' category."

Magee will be back in court on February 23.


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