The passenger, Yoel Guevara-Crespo, said he was “joking,” according to an arrest report

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Yoel Guevara-Crespo was arrested after saying he had a bomb while boarding a flight to Cuba at Miami International Airport on Aug. 31

Guevara-Crespo said he was joking about the claim, which he allegedly made to an American Airlines gate agent

Authorities found no explosives in his luggage and he was charged with a false bomb report, a felony

A man was arrested in Miami after allegedly stating that he had a bomb just before boarding a flight — a claim he later said was meant to be a joke.

Yoel Guevara-Crespo was arrested at Miami International…

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