A Northeastern student was arrested March 18 after he allegedly made a bomb threat at the Urban Outfitters store on Newbury Street, according to a police report obtained by The Huntington News. 

Lucas Lembck, a first-year business administration major at Northeastern, allegedly approached a customer at the store and handed him a yellow Starburst along with a note. According to the report, he told the customer, “It’s national Starburst day. I want you to have this,” handing him the candy and the threat. 

“I have a bomb dont [sic] say a f***ing word,” the note read, according to the report.

The customer said when he looked up, the person who handed him the note and Starburst was gone. Once police arrived at the scene, the customer described the individual, noting that he was carrying a backpack which “appeared to have a heavy object in it.” An officer reviewed security camera footage and matched Lembck with the customer’s description; the customer then pointed Lembck out to officers across the street.

Officers observed Lembck entering a 7-Eleven and waited for him to exit while matching him to a photo from the Urban Outfitters’ security footage. 

When officers stopped Lembck as he exited the 7-Eleven, he reportedly initially denied entering Urban Outfitters. The officers then read him his Miranda warnings and Lembck admitted to handing the customer the note, saying “it was dumb and he was trying to be funny,” according to the report.  

The officer asked what color Starburst Lembck handed the customer, to which he allegedly said “yellow,” and was placed in handcuffs, the report reads. Lembck was found with lined paper matching the note, as well as Starburst wrappers and additional unopened Starburst candy. The backpack originally described by the customer was not listed in the items recovered in the report. Lembck was not suspected to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time.

Lembck was arrested on one charge of false report of a bomb in Boston Municipal Court, according to the report, but was released on personal recognizance after a hearing March 19, according to NBC Boston. Lembck is due back in court April 14.

If found guilty of willfully communicating or causing serious public inconvenience or alarm, Lembck could face at least three and up to 20 years in state prison or at least six months and up to two and a half years in jail, as well as fines and restitution determined by the court. 

Lembck did not provide a comment on the incident to The News.