SHORT PUMP, VIRGINIA — A woman accused of possessing a hoax explosive device that caused a bomb scare said the whole incident was blown out of proportion. <br /> <br />Daphne Page, 52, said she paid a buck for the alarm clock at a garage sale. It looks like a bundle of dynamite and was intended as a gift for her daugher. <br /> <br />Page left the clock on the back seat of her car to go grocery shopping at a Whole Foods in Virginia on Friday, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. <br /> <br />But a store employee saw the device, freaked out, and called the cops. <br /> <br />Page said the clock is obviously a fake bomb and it never occurred to her that it would cause such alarm. But the cops weren’t even remotely amused. <br /> <br />The joke blew up in Page’s face when she was arrested and charged with the manufacture, possession, or use of explosives. The statute includes the possession of hoax devices. <br /> <br />Page spent the weekend in jail and was released on a $2,500 bond after appearing before a judge on Monday. <br /> <br />She’s due back in court on Aug. 24 and is hoping this whole thing blows over — otherwise she could be facing up to five years in the slammer.
