BRONX, New York (WABC) -- A 45-year-old man has been arrested after police said he walked into a Mott Haven junior high school Friday holding what he claimed was a "chemical nerve agent."
Police said Ryan Roderick was wearing hospital identification on his wrist, and holding a radio device in one hand and the glass vial containing an amber liquid in the other when entered J.H.S. 162 on Saint Ann's Avenue Friday morning.
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He held up the vial and claimed it was a "chemical nerve agent," according to the New York City Police Department.
Roderick then left, prompting a brief school evacuation.
He was caught five hours later and has been charged with making terroristic threats.
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The liquid from the container was tested at a state health department facility in Westchester Friday night and deemed non-toxic.
It also will be tested at a federal facility in Maryland.
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A man was arrested after police said he walked into a Mott Haven junior high school Friday holding what he claimed was a "chemical nerve agent."