Former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller faces up to five years in prison after he called in a fake bomb threat on Amtrak, prompting a massive police response and causing hours of delay. Miller called in the threat when a woman rebuffed his drunken flirting, saying that the bomb was in her bag.
Miller got on the No. 2258 Amtrak train in Washington, D.C. on March 18. A worker said he already looked tipsy when he boarded, but Miller drank two glasses of wine and two double scotch and sodas. He flirted with a female passenger who glared back at him, according to court papers. The complaint says that Miller directed a comment to the woman about her hair. When the female passenger made it clear that she was not interested, Miller yelled at her, saying, “What are you lookin’ at?” Page Six reports. The two got into a “screaming match.” Miller then called 911 and reported a female passenger with a “bomb in her bag,” federal official say. Miller, however, gave the 911 dispatcher an incorrect train number, and so police stopped the wrong train. No device was found. Miller was kicked off the train in New York for being too drunk, but when officials called him back, he maintained that the woman had a bomb because she kept checking her bag without taking anything out. The FBI arrested Miller on Monday night as he arrived at La Guardia Airport from Canada. He was released on a $100,000 bond.
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