Man tries to pay $10 bar bill with a rock

A US man tried to pay his $10 bar bill with a rock before threatening to blow up the bar, causing bomb squad investigators to scramble to the scene.

Jared M. Simpson

Jared M. Simpson, from Maine, first refused to pay his $10 bar tab at the 4th Quarter Bar and Grill in Florida, instead offering a rock as payment, as reported by The Tallahassee. 

He then threw a ripped up dollar bill at an employee saying he “would pay (her) in other ways,” according to court documents. Becoming increasingly agitated, the 23-year-old left the bar only to return with a credit card that didn’t work.

Leaving the bar again, he returned once more, this time wearing a grey suit and carrying a briefcase which he placed on a booth telling patrons that “anyone who goes near this will die”.

According to The Tallahassee, Simpson opened the case, then closed it making sure it was locked before backing away from it while holding a cellphone device.

The bar was evacuated and the Big Bend Regional Bomb Squad were called in, eventually determining that his claims were in fact false.

Simpson was arrested and charged with making false bomb threats, petty theft and disorderly conduct.