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Wed, Aug 10, 2005

Suspect Arrested In SWA Bomb Threat

Plane Had To Be Evacuated At Hobby

FBI agents have arrested a 20-year old man they say planted a threatening note on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Houston last week.

As ANN reported in real time, Flight 21 was quarantined and passengers were evacuated one-by-one as authorities searched for any evidence that a bomb was indeed on board. None was found.

Houston's Hobby Airport was shut down for about 20-minutes during the investigation.

Passengers aboard the plane found not one, but two notes written on gum wrappers -- one containing the bomb threat. The other consisted of a smiley-face caricature and a cell phone number.

That number led agents to 20-year old Elias Jeremiah Cervantez of San Antonio. He was arrested Tuesday after meeting with agents in TX, while visiting family.

"We were just making dumb jokes," Cervantez's roommate, Josh Michael Gonzales, told the Houston Chronicle. The two young men thought, "If somebody finds that, it's going to be funny."

"People need to understand that we take these threats very seriously," Interim U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg told the Chronicle. "Not funny. Don't do it."

Cervantez now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Who's laughing now?

FMI: www.usdoj.gov

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