The man accused of calling in a bomb threat for the Bryan Center has been released from jail.
Renaldo Webbe, a 20-year-old Durham man accused of making false bomb threats on the Bryan Center, has been released from Durham County Jail after he signed himself off on an unsecured bond for $1,000, said C. Scott, an employee in inmate booking in Durham County Jails.
Webbe appeared in court on Oct. 6 and is expected to appear in court again.
According to an arrest warrant, Webbe—a temporary employee at the McDonald’s located in the Bryan Center—was charged with two felonies, one for making a false bomb report and another for making a false report of mass violence on educational property. Officers from Duke University Police Department and Durham Police Department arrested Webbe at his home Oct. 5.
Webbe was arrested for allegedly calling the Bryan Center Oct. 1 and reporting the presence of three bombs set to detonate at 1 p.m., according to the warrant. He made a call to the Gothic Bookshop and another to the McDonald’s where he worked.
The Bryan Center was closed and evacuated for more than two hours Oct. 1. so that DUPD, DPD and the Raleigh Police Department could search the building by hand with the aid of a bomb-sniffing dog.
University officials said they believed the bomb threat to be a hoax from the beginning, said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration and emergency response coordinator.
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