Woman lands in jail for bomb joke at Baclaran LRT-1 station
MANILA, Philippines — A woman found herself behind bars shortly after allegedly cracking a bomb joke at the Light Rail Transit-1 (LRT-1) Baclaran station Wednesday.
Members of Pasay police station identified the arrested woman as Maribeth Florentino, 23, of Sta. Quiteria Caloocan City.
Initial investigation showed that Florentino was having her bag inspected by station security guard Erlinda Unabia, 51, when she joked that her bag contained a bomb.
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Unabia then held Florentino who was later transferred to the custody of the Baclaran Police Community Precinct.
Florentino was brought to Pasay General Hospital for medical examination and transferred to Pasay police station for filing of charges, Pasay police said. (Editor: Mike U. Frialde)
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