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False bomb scare at Penn Station in NYC

Police arrested a man after a bomb scare that emptied Pennsylvania Station and disrupted service on Amtrak, commuter trains and city subways for about an hour. Police arrested the man, Raul Claudio, 43, on Sunday, according to Manhattan District Attorney`s office spokeswoman, Barbara Thompson.

The busy commuter hub was evacuated after the man allegedly threw a backpack at an Amtrak agent and said it was a bomb, said Marissa Baldeo, a spokeswoman for New York City Transit. The threat was a false alarm, and service on all lines was soon restored. The service disruption affected Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit and the Seventh and Eighth Avenue subway lines.

Mr. Claudio is awaiting arraignment on felony charges of making terrorist threats and falsely reporting an incident, Ms. Thompson said. If convicted each count carries a sentence of possibly up to seven years in prison.