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Brevard soldier remains in jail after Melbourne bomb hoax

Brevard soldier remains in jail after Melbourne bomb hoax
Apr. 4, 2013
Written by
Stacey Barchenger
FLORIDA TODAY

A Florida Army National Guard policeman accused of putting a smoke-creating device in an occupied apartment and then threatening the residents with a military style rifle will remain in jail without bond, according to a judge’s ruling this afternoon.

Police were called to the 2200 block of Woodwind Trail, which runs south off Lake Washington Road east of Wickham Road, about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Melbourne Police Sgt. Brian Dohaney said 24-year-old William R. Soto-Figueroa went into an apartment with four women inside and put a device on the floor. The women panicked, thinking the small smoke-creating device was a hand grenade.

“It’s commonly used by military to mark locations or create a diversion,” Melbourne Police Sgt. Sheridan Shelley said. “It was never actually activated.”
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