DELTONA, Fla. -- A standoff involving a man claiming to have a bomb inside a Deltona home ended just before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
- Standoff in Deltona with main claiming to have bomb ends peacefully
- No injuries reported
- Both mailbox and VCSO District 4 were cleared of bomb threat
- Homes on Worthington Drive evacuated
There were no injuries reported, but the Volusia County Sheriff's Office stated that 52-year-old Nicholas Licausi has been charged with making a false report of a bomb and resisting arrest without violence.
The Sheriff's Office detectives and bomb squad units executed a search warrant for his home, but did not find any bomb or explosive-making materials, deputies confirmed in a tweet.
"The item he claimed was a bomb was an electrical box on a pole," stated the tweet.
While Licausi was being treated for tear gas exposure and minor cuts, he was taken to Halifax Health for treatment and then taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail on a $10,500 bond, deputies confirmed.
According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Licausi was inside the home when he was taken into custody after remaining holed up in a home at 1902 North Worthington Drive for several hours and refusing to come outside.
Licausi was holding himself inside, threatening to blow up a bomb inside his home.
Deltona residents on North Worthington Drive were evacuated for several hours throughout the evening because of an anonymous call from someone who claimed he planted a bomb.
Also, photos of a cell phone bomb were dropped off anonymously at the Sheriff Office's District 4 headquarters.
Upon arrival at the house on Worthington, deputies observed Licausi with a backpack slam the mailbox shut and run into the house.
There were evacuations and traffic closures around the immediate neighborhood.
VCSO bomb squad cleared the mailbox, and the District 4 headquarters was also cleared.
A spokesperson with the Sheriff's Office is saying this incident may be mental health-related.
Licausi will appear before a judge Thursday at 1:30 p.m.