Man Arrested For Falsely Reporting Bomb Threat At Venice UPS Store: Police

VENICE, FL — A Port Charlotte man was arrested Wednesday after calling in a fake bomb threat at the UPS store in Venice Commons Plaza on East Venice Avenue, authorities said.

Andrew A. Bevan, 55, was charged with planting or threatening to use a hoax bomb and false reporting of a bomb, Venice police wrote in a social media post.

He is being held without bond at the Charlotte County Jail.

People were asked to temporarily avoid the shopping center for several hours on Wednesday, starting around 7:45 a.m., after a suspicious package was reported at the UPS store, police said.

The plaza fully reopened after law enforcement determined the suspicious device wasn’t a threat.

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