MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have arrested a man in connection to the recent threat at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Miami-Dade Police said 22-year-old Juvane Raheem Hylton, an employee at JMH, was taken into custody Friday.
Hylton is accused of phoning in a bomb threat at the hospital last Friday, June 29, prompting a massive police response and evacuations.
Officials confirmed Hylton is an administrator at the hospital.
Hylton allegedly made a call saying he was going to use an AR-15 assault rifle to kill staff, nurses and doctors.
The call came from Room 533 in the west building, at around 1:30 p.m., June 29.
According to an arrest report, Hylton told investigators a patient asked him to help make a call from the room.
Records contradicted that claim, showing the patient assigned to the room was undergoing a procedure at the time.
Hylton appeared in court in Saturday. He was charged with false reporting of a bomb or explosive and misuse of 911 emergency communications.
He is being held on a $12,500 bond..
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