Bomb Threat Reported at Steamship Authority

Updated 10:10 a.m.: Falmouth police now say the suspect's name was misspelled in the initial report. His name is Krzysztof Malz.

A Connecticut motorist headed for Martha's Vineyard Sunday night wound up in jail on the Cape instead after allegedly telling Steamship Authority workers he had a bomb in his car, according to an announcement released this morning by Falmouth Police Capt. Douglas DeCosta:

On Sunday night (April 28) a male subject preparing to board the 9:45 pm Steamship Authority vessel to Martha's Vineyard claimed he had a bomb in his vehicle during a security screening. The vehicle was searched and no bomb was located. The operator was then placed under arrest for the bomb threat.

At about 9:30 pm on Sunday, personnel from the Steamship Authority Woods Hole Terminal contacted the Falmouth Police. They reported that a male operator traveling with one passenger preparing to board a Steamship Authority vessel to the island of Martha's Vineyard claimed he had a bomb in his vehicle during a security screening.

Officers responded and interviewed the operator and his passenger. The subjects claimed the bomb threat was just a joke. Nonetheless, officers with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad searched the vehicle and no bomb was located.

The operator, Krzysztof Malz (age 45) of New Britain, CT was then placed under arrest for a Threat Concerning the Location of Dangerous Items- Explosives (MGL 269-14). He was held without bail. 

—Captain Douglas DeCosta, Falmouth Police Department

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