Jr., a 26 year old man, was charged with using a telephone to convey
false information about his girlfriend's former boyfriend, who was a
passenger aboard the US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Dallas on
Thursday.
Not long after the plane had departed, authorities ordered it back to
Philadelphia when police received a call that the former boyfriend,
Christopher Shell, 29, was carrying a liquid explosive on board.
According to authorities, after the plane had landed and had been
searched, no dangerous materials were found and the incident was soon
deemed to be a hoax.
"Smith stated that his motive for doing so was to avenge Shell's
ex-girlfriend of whom Shell had posted a compromising picture on
Facebook," read an FBI affidavit.
Smith's lawyer, William Brennan said, "It is the kind of photo that
could incense a boyfriend," after his afternoon appearance in U.S.
District Court, declining to further describe the photograph.
Federal Magistrate Henry Perkin ordered Smith released on his own
recognizance on the condition that he keep his job as a restaurant
cook, not move from his Philadelphia address, or seek a passport, and
stay away from Shell and firearms.
But seriously, doesn't he look like Lionel Messi?