Yoel Guevara-Crespo, 33, was arrested Monday morning at Miami International Airport after allegedly telling an airline employee he had a bomb while boarding American Airlines Flight 1319 to Camagüey, Cuba. The episode began during routine security questioning and ended with a false-report charge that now moves into court.
When the employee asked about lithium batteries or incendiary devices in his luggage, Guevara-Crespo said he did not have either item and then said, "but I have a bomb." The employee told him he would not be allowed to fly and that a supervisor would be contacted.
American Airlines Flight 1319
After the statement, Guevara-Crespo said "he was joking." A K-9 sweep of his luggage found nothing suspicious, and the airline resumed normal operations after the sweep.
The arrest took him to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He faces one count of making a false report about placing a bomb or explosive, a second-degree felony.
Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center
In bond court Tuesday, a judge found probable cause and set his bond at $2,500. For travelers moving through Miami International Airport, the practical result was immediate: the boarding process stopped at the gate while the airline handled the security response, then the flight operation continued once the luggage check cleared.
The case now proceeds on the felony charge, with the bond ruling keeping the focus on what happened at the gate and the legal fallout from the bomb comment. What prompted Guevara-Crespo to make the statement in the first place is the remaining question.
