TN Man Arrested Over Bomb Truck Copycat Hoax

Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Unit used a robot to sniff for explosives on the truck, but none were found, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.

James Turgeon was arrested over a bomb truck hoax Sunday. (Photo: Rutherford County SO)James Turgeon was arrested over a bomb truck hoax Sunday. (Photo: Rutherford County SO)

A man who played “similar” audio outside a Tennessee church as the Nashville suicide bomber did on Christmas Day has been arrested, local police announced Sunday night.

James Turgeon, 33, drew fears of a copycat Sunday when he parked a white box truck outside Kings Chapel Independent Missionary Baptist Church and convenience store in the city of Murfreesboro that played similar recordings to those transmitted by Anthony Warner, who allegedly blew his RV up in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning.

Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Unit used a robot to sniff for explosives on the truck, but none were found, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.

Turgeon has been charged with two counts of felony filing a false report and one count of tampering with evidence and is being held on $500,000 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, the New York Daily News reports.

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