Colorado Springs man arrested for claiming to have bomb on plane

The Colorado Springs Police Department got a call just after midnight Friday morning from an individual claiming to have a bomb on an airplane.

Julio Chavez made comments about being on an airplane with a bomb, having killed a pilot and flying to Florida, police said.

Officers showed up to a home at the 4700 block of El Camino Drive where they took Chavez into custody for allegedly falsely reporting he had explosives. He was never on a plane.

Chavez’s motives for the phone calls are unknown at this time and the investigation is still ongoing.