On Sept. 4 at 3:56 p.m., Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to Safeway at 10 King Street in Waldorf following a report of a suspicious person. Officers contacted the man, who exited a vehicle he was sitting in, and discovered wires running under his clothing and what appeared to be a pipe bomb taped to his leg.
The man told the officers the bomb would go off at 5 p.m. The man was placed into custody and a perimeter was set up. Several businesses were evacuated.
The State Fire Marshall’s Office responded and x-rayed the device and determined the device to be false. The man was taken for an emergency evaluation with criminal charges pending at a later date. Officer Y. Austin is investigating.