A Bronx man is facing charges after Times Square was shut down Monday as police investigated a suspicious package. The New York City Police Department said 26-year-old Desean Maryat was charged with placing a false bomb/hazardous substance and making terroristic threats, among other counts.

Desean Maryat, 26, is facing a slew of crimes, including reckless endangerment, making terroristic threats and threatening mass harm, when he placed the cylinder-like object outside an NYPD

The ensuing investigation prompted police to close Seventh Avenue between 42nd and 44th Streets on Monday morning.