A 60-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to reporting a fake bomb on a MAX train last June.

Wilfredo Reyes admitted he left a backpack on a Green Line train and then called 911 to say it was suspicious.

Portland police were called to the Hollywood station about 12:15 p.m. on June 9 to investigate the backpack. It had protruding wires that made it look like an explosive, according to police.

Officers from the bureau's Metropolitan Explosive Disposal Unit examined the backpack with a remote-controlled robot. Police closed parts of Interstate 84 and surrounding streets for at least two hours as they evacuated the train. By 4 p.m., the bomb squad determined the pack wasn't dangerous.

Before he faced a federal indictment, Reyes told The Oregonian/OregonLive in September that he called 911 while he was still on the train.

He had his name on the backpack. He said the wires were from a spiral calendar in the pack. He also left a pair of old shoes, a newspaper and a shirt inside the bag, he said.

At his arraignment, Reyes apologized and said he called 911 for attention.

The disruption came two weeks after Jeremy Christian is accused of stabbing three men aboard a Green Line train at the Hollywood station. Two of the men died. They were trying to protect two teenage girls from a racist rant, police and witnesses said.

Reyes faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. He will be sentenced Aug. 14 before U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown.

Officers from the Portland FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force worked with Portland police, Portland fire and TriMet investigators on the case.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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