LCPD: Man called in bomb threat when Corner Bakery refused to take his calls

Police arrested a man suspected of calling in a bomb threat to a local eatery that refused to transfer his calls to a relative working at the restaurant.

Police charged Emmanuel Soriano, 35, of the 800 block of Lees Drive, with Unlawful Bomb Scare, a “crime against public peace” and a fourth-degree felony.

Officers were dispatched to the report of a bomb threat at the Corner Bakery at 2305 E. Lohman Avenue at about noon on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Police said the business was cleared and nothing suspicious was located.

Investigators learned Soriano is related to one of the store’s employees and had made multiple telephone calls to the business during the morning, trying to talk to his relative. The relative refused to take any of his phone calls, police said.

Police learned Soriano called 911 and made the bomb threat, allegedly confirming the call came from near Soriano’s residence.

Under questioning, Soriano allegedly told investigators he made the bomb threat because the store was no longer taking his calls.

Soriano was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center, where he is initially being held without bond.