WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A bomb threat led to a block of downtown West Palm Beach being closed off for the majority of the day on Monday.
According to the West Palm Beach Police Department, a man called 911 at about 8:40 a.m. and said, "There's a bomb in your parking lot" before hanging up the phone.
Police proceeded to close Banyan Boulevard to Clematis Street, Rosemary Avenue to Sapodilla Avenue, the Sapodilla parking garage and partially evacuated police headquarters.
Detectives identified the origin of the 911 call that led to Luke Joseph Cahill, 32, of Palm Beach County. Cahill made the call from a medical facility in West Palm Beach.
The all-clear was given by 3 p.m. Monday.
Cahill was brought to police headquarters and is facing a charge of making a false bomb threat.
According to court records that WPTV obtained, Cahill made the 911 call from the common area at the adult mental health facility at JFK North Medical Center.
Cahill told investigators that he did not remember making that Monday morning phone call and that he hadn't taken his medication. He told them he was in a lot of physical pain and emotional distress at the time.
Detectives said he was taken to that medical facility on Jan. 10 after threatening Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office employees at their headquarters saying he was "going to kill PBSO employees and their children."
Cahill faced a judge Tuesday morning. His bond is set at $75,000. He's due back in court on March 6.
