Man threatened to detonate a bomb in Walmart

Tyler Matthew Elliot was arrested in Morganton on Wednesday the 23rd and has been charged with felony false report concerning a destructive device. Elliot made a bomb threat to a Walmart employee saying that there was a package in the store that he intended to explode, then kill himself. Elliot denied making a bomb threat, but was arrested last week and incarcerated in the Burke County Jail under $25,000 secured bond.