{"id":386387,"date":"2026-08-31T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386387\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:24:09","slug":"man-arrested-after-joking-about-grenade-in-luggage-at-mia-deputies-say-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386387\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after joking about grenade in luggage at MIA, deputies say &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A man was arrested after authorities said he joked about having a grenade in his luggage while checking in for a flight at Miami International Airport early Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office arrest report, Osniel Blanco-Lopez, 52, was at an American Airlines ticket counter early morning when an agent asked whether he had any dangerous goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said Blanco-Lopez initially said no, but then said in Spanish, \u201cI have a grenade inside,\u201d and began laughing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another ticket agent told him it was not a joke and contacted the sheriff\u2019s office, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An airport bomb detection K-9 deputy responded and searched Blanco-Lopez\u2019s luggage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said no explosive device was found, and American Airlines resumed normal operations without interruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanco-Lopez was arrested and charged with making a false report about placing a bomb or explosive. A judge found probable cause and set his bond at $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A man was arrested after authorities said he joked about having a grenade in his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-386387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}