Florida man arrested for having ‘hoax weapon of mass destruction’ after his ‘dirty bomb’ claim scrambled bomb squads and closed roads: police

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/flordia-man-arrest-bomb-hoax-b2879501.html

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diykeyboards@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 274d

He just made a copy of the plutonium chest prop from Back to the Future, didn't he?

toofpic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 273d

"less radioactivity than a medical X-ray." - in x-ray room, you are exposed to it for a second. This guy was driving with it around, and probably lived with it staying close. So while that statement can be true, it doesn't bring a lot of relief