FBI
A lab manager at Northeastern University who claimed he was injured by an explosive device that was sent to him last month with a threatening note has been arrested on charges that he fabricated the entire thing, according to a newly unsealed federal complaint.
Jason Duhaime, 45, was taken into custody in Texas on Tuesday by the FBI and is charged with conveying false information related to an explosive device, and making materially false and fictitious statements to the federal government.
Duhaime told investigators that the explosive, which he claimed came in on Sept. 13, was inside a hard-shell Pelican case, and that a “violent” letter was inside, the complaint against him states.