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Boston Man Charged with Hoax Explosion at Northeastern University
A Texas man, Jason Duhaime, 45, of San Antonio, has been arrested and charged with allegedly staging a hoax explosion at Northeastern University in Boston in September 2022.
According to the charging documents, Duhaime, who was employed as the New Technology Manager and Director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern University, placed a 911 call at approximately 7 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2022, to report that he was injured by ‘sharp’ objects expelled from a plastic case he opened inside the Lab that evening.
The reports and concern about the second unopened ‘Pelican’ case triggered a significant law enforcement response that included, among other things, the assistance of two law enforcement bomb squads, the evacuation of a large portion of Northeastern’s Boston campus, and numerous campus-wide alerts issued by the Northeastern University Police Department.
However, responding local and federal law enforcement observed that the case described by Duhaime was empty and undamaged. Forensic analysis of one of the computers seized during a Sept. 14, 2022 search of Duhaime’s office at Northeastern University allegedly revealed a word-for-word electronic copy of the letter stored in a backup folder.
Jason Duhaime was charged with one count of intentionally conveying false and misleading information related to an explosive device and one count of making materially false statements to a federal law enforcement agent. The charges provide for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
BOSTON, Sept. 13, 2022 – A Texas man, Jason Duhaime, 45, of San Antonio, was arrested and charged with allegedly staging a hoax explosion at Northeastern University in Boston in September 2022.
The arrest and charges come after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, and local law enforcement agencies. Duhaime is currently in custody and will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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