‘I need children and women to leave and for men to stay’: Woman claimed to have bomb at airport while holding ‘clock timer,’ police say

A 21-year-old woman in Florida was arrested at Miami International Airport earlier this month after she allegedly claimed to have a bomb and attempted to evacuate women and children while making the men around her remain. Aliyah Evans was taken into custody and charged with one count of felony false report about placing a bomb or explosive and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, records show.

According to probable cause affidavits obtained by Law&Crime from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies at about 5:51 a.m. on July 1, 2025, responded to the JetBlue ticket counter at Miami-Dade International in reference to a female passenger “who stated she had a bomb in her carry-on luggage.”

“Specifically, the female passenger was heard and observed by witnesses stating that she had a bomb in her carry-on luggage while holding her cellphone in her hand, which displayed what appeared to be a clock timer and further stating, ‘I need children and women to leave and for men to stay,'” one of the affidavits states.

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The female passenger — later identified as Evans — then left the carry-on bag that was supposedly carrying a bomb “on the floor in front of the counter” as she attempted to get past the other passengers in line and “make her way through Checkpoint E,” police said.

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) manager and several agents with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) who were working in the area saw the commotion, responded to the scene and detained Evans.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived a short while later and made contact with the CBP agents and Evans, who they described as “acting erratic,” with officers pointing out that she was “yelling and screaming” as they attempted to gather basic information from her.

A bomb squad and explosives K-9 subsequently performed a search of Evans’ carry-on bag and Evans’ person and found no evidence that she had a bomb.

In addition to the bomb threat, authorities said that Evans also “knocked over various lane extenders” in the airport and “caused disruption and disarray to the area which placed travelers and employees in fear and caused delays for the time it took to take her into custody and clear her belongings.”

Evans was transported to the sheriff’s office for questioning, where she invoked her right to remain silent. She was then processed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami.

Evans was released after posting bond of $150. She is currently scheduled to appear in court for her arraignment on July 31, records show.

Circuit Judge Ricker Wolfson also prohibited Evans from going to Miami International Airport.

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