San Jose police said officers responded at 10:06 a.m. on July 3 to a report of a bomb threat at a business in the 1300 block of Ridder Park Drive just north of E. Brokaw Road in North San Jose. The threat was made by the suspect who told police he had planted the explosive device behind the business, police said.Officers arrived to find a suspicious device that appeared to be an improvised explosive.
Investigators identified the suspect as 56-year-old San Jose resident Felix Arnaz. Later that day, officers located Arnaz in his vehicle in the area of Ruby Avenue and Aborn Road in East San Jose and arrested him.As a precaution, nearby businesses were evacuated as bomb squad officers searched his vehicle for additional explosive devices, but none were found.Arnaz was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for multiple charges related to the possession of a destructive device.