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A Florida man has been charged with making threatening phone calls to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa two days after a suspicious package was found outside a gate, though investigators haven\u2019t accused the caller of planting any devices<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — <\/span>A Florida man has been charged with making threatening phone calls to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa two days after a suspicious package was found outside a gate, though investigators haven’t accused the caller of planting any devices.<\/p>\n The 35-year-old Palm Harbor man was charged with making the threat in a phone call to the base on March 18, a criminal complaint filed in Tampa federal court said. He was arrested Monday.<\/p>\n According to the complaint, the man called the base twice the morning of March 18 and made threatening statements to the people who answered, apparently referring to the suspicious package<\/a> that had been found on March 16. Officials locked down the base and ordered everyone to shelter in place for several hours.<\/p>\n The criminal complaint said authorities traced the caller\u2019s phone number, obtained cell site data and corroborated the man\u2019s location in the days leading up to the March 18 call.<\/p>\n The criminal complaint noted that the man has a history of making similar threats. He was interviewed and then taken to a mental health facility under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows a person to be held involuntarily for three days.<\/p>\n The FBI said Friday that the suspicious package contained \u201cpossible energetic materials.\u201d Further analysis of the package is ongoing.<\/p>\n