SAN ANTONIO – A Northwest Side man who it appears was rejected for a job with the San Antonio Police Department is accused of sending a fake bomb to the police chief.
Ricardo Gil, 48, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of manufacturing a hoax bomb.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, a sergeant opened a package Jan. 4 which was addressed to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
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Inside, he found a pair of shoes with a cluster of batteries, wrapped in aluminum foil, beneath their insoles.
The affidavit said the package also contained a printed email in which Gil said that he had applied for a position as an administrative assistant and had met all the minimum requirements. It said at the bottom of the email, he wrote a note inviting the chief to put on the shoes.
After seeing the contents, the sergeant who opened the package called for the bomb squad.
They then determined that the package contained a hoax bomb. No one was hurt.