Woman arrested in Whole Foods bomb scare after employee mistook clock for explosive device

It was a chaotic scene outside the Whole Foods in Short Pump Friday afternoon after an employee collecting shopping carts spotted what they believed to be a bomb inside a shopper’s car. All wasn’t as it seemed–the suspected bomb was nothing more than a “novelty clock” that looked like dynamite she purchased at a yard sale in The Fan. Nevertheless, the woman at the center of the investigation was arrested amidst the confusion.

It’s a lesson in how quickly things can escalate in our “if you see something, say something” world where everyone is seemingly a little more on edge in 2017.

NBC12 has the play-by-play of what became a five hour ordeal:

A woman arrested for having what looked like a bomb in her car says she never meant to scare anyone.

Daphne Page, 52, says what police and the bomb squad found was a “novelty clock,” she bought at a yard sale in The Fan on Floyd Avenue.

The Henrico Police Department says Page was arrested after a suspicious device was found in a car parked at the Whole Foods Market in Short Pump, and charged her with constructing or using a hoax firebomb.

“It was embarrassing for me, to be the initiator of such a big mess,” said Page.

Read more and learn the resolution to the incident here.