A 36-year-old Kenmore man was taken into custody early this evening and charged with falsely reporting a bomb threat that forced traffic to be rerouted off Elmwood Avenue between Hertel and Great Arrow avenues from about 7 a.m. until about 8:20 a.m. today.
Titus Tallchief is being held in the Erie County Correctional Facility pending his arraignment Tuesday in Buffalo City Court on a felony charge of placing a fake bomb or hazardous substance that carries a possible four year prison term if convicted.
Police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge reported that what appeared to be three sticks of dynamite left on the steps of a business on the 1800 block of Elmwood Avenue was called in about 7 a.m. but ultimately proved to be a fake bomb.
Traffic had to be rerouted as Buffalo police officers and members of the Erie County Bomb Squad and bomb-sniffing dogs carried out an investigation before determining that the bomb was not real, according to DeGeorge.
“It had been spotted at about 7 a.m. by a passerby,” DeGeorge said. “It had been left in a visible area right on the front steps of 1800 Elmwood.”Witnesses at the scene described it as three red tubes taped together with a component that was perhaps intended to look like an ignition unit.” No motive for the incident has been disclosed by authorities.
Titus Tallchief is being held in the Erie County Correctional Facility pending his arraignment Tuesday in Buffalo City Court on a felony charge of placing a fake bomb or hazardous substance that carries a possible four year prison term if convicted.
Police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge reported that what appeared to be three sticks of dynamite left on the steps of a business on the 1800 block of Elmwood Avenue was called in about 7 a.m. but ultimately proved to be a fake bomb.
Traffic had to be rerouted as Buffalo police officers and members of the Erie County Bomb Squad and bomb-sniffing dogs carried out an investigation before determining that the bomb was not real, according to DeGeorge.
“It had been spotted at about 7 a.m. by a passerby,” DeGeorge said. “It had been left in a visible area right on the front steps of 1800 Elmwood.”Witnesses at the scene described it as three red tubes taped together with a component that was perhaps intended to look like an ignition unit.” No motive for the incident has been disclosed by authorities.