T.J. Miller arrested for allegedly calling in fake bomb threat

Former "Silicon Valley" star T.J. Miller was arrested Monday night at New York's LaGuardia Airport after allegedly calling in a false bomb threat aboard a train. The actor and comedian appeared in court in New Haven on Tuesday and was released on a $100,000 bond. Miller has been charged with a federal criminal complaint for "intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut," according to a press statement from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The charge carries a maximum prison term of five years. The criminal complaint alleges that on March 18, Miller called 911 in New Jersey and said he was on Amtrak Train 2256 from Washington, D.C. to New York. He told the dispatcher that a woman had "a bomb in her bag," and described her as having brown hair and a scarf. But when Amtrak officials stopped the train in Westport, Connecticut and had passengers get off the train for inspection, they did not find any explosive devices or materials. The complaint then says an investigator called Miller, who was in New York. This time, he said that the woman had red hair and a red scarf and was carrying a "black bag carry-on suitcase with a handle." Miller said that the woman kept checking her bag without taking anything out and asking what the next stop was. …