The AP reports:
A 70-year-old Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with a bogus bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a Republican fundraiser attended by GOP U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon.
Madison police charged local resident James Byrne with threatening, falsely reporting an incident and breach of peace Tuesday.
Authorities say Byrne called police Sunday saying there was bomb at the home of Madison Republican Town Committee Chairman Tom Banisch, who was hosting a GOP fundraiser attended by McMahon and about 50 other people.
The home was evacuated, and a police search turned up nothing.
Byrne was released on a promise to appear in New Haven Superior Court on Sept. 28. A woman who answered the phone at his home Wednesday said he wasn't available and took a message.