A Virginia Beach woman has been arrested on suspicion of using a fake bomb to threaten a worker at a 7-Eleven.

Police said Crystal Mostek, 33, walked in the convenience store Wednesday night and put what she allegedly said was a bomb on the counter, threatening to blow up the shop, WAVY wrote.

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Police said they later determined it was not a bomb, but now Mostek faces charges of threatening to bomb and possession of a hoax device, WTKR reported.

She’s being held at the Virginia Beach City Jail.

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