The ‘person of interest’ being investigated by police for causing a bomb scare in New York City on Friday by leaving two rice cookers in a Manhattan subway station - and possibly a third by a trash can - has been identified by DailyMail.com.

Larry Kenton Griffin II, 26, of Bruno, West Virginia is the man captured on surveillance footage pushing a shopping cart containing a number of rice cookers inside Fulton Street Station.

He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt with Amazon 'Prime Day 2018' written on the front. He is described as being 6ft 3in and is believed to have been panhandling in New York for several months.

Chief Deputy M.A Mayes of the Logan County Sheriff's Department revealed to DailyMail.com that Griffin has had run-ins with the law dating back to 2011, with a warrant currently outstanding for his arrest.

Larry Griffin II, 26, of Bruno, West Virginia is the man captured on surveillance footage by police, pushing a shopping cart with rice cookers inside Fulton Street Station

Surveillance video obtained by police shows a white man pushing a shopping cart with rice cookers inside and leaving them in Fulton Street Station and on one of its platforms

Griffin has previously been charged for allegedly trying to seduce a juvenile male for sex through social media

Griffin was charged in 2011 with possession of controlled substance and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person.

He was also later charged in 2017 with use of obscene matter to seduce minor and display of obscene material to minor, Chief Deputy Mayes said.

According to a criminal complaint, Griffin sent a series of sexually explicit messages to the minor in July and November 2017.

One of the messages was said to include a homemade video showing a man engaging in sex acts with an unspecified animal.

In March a warrant was issued for his arrest for failure to report for drug screening which is part of his pre-trial bond supervision.

His father, Larry Griffin, told New York Post his son left the area after being charged.

Of Friday's incident, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said Griffin is not considered a suspect of a crime at this time, but he is 'certainly someone we'd like to interview.'

Police first received a 911 call reporting two suspicious packages in Fulton Street Station at 7.15am.

After deeming both to be safe and identifying them to be unmodified rice cookers, news of a third suspicious item was reported moments later a short distance away.

According to a criminal complaint, Griffin sent a series of sexually explicit messages to the minor. One of the messages was said to include a homemade video showing a man engaging in sex acts with an unspecified animal

Of Friday's incident, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said Griffin is not considered a suspect of a crime at this time, but he is 'certainly someone we'd like to interview'

A NYPD Bomb Squad officer investigates suspicious packages as police close off West 16th Street near Seventh Avenue

The item has since been deemed safe by explosive specialists and was found to be an unmodified rice cooker - the same as the first two items found earlier Friday, police revealed

A third suspicious item was found in downtown New York Friday morning, just moments after officials gave the 'all clear' to two other suspect packages found in a subway station near the World Trade Center

Miller said the timing of the incident and where the cookers were found have prompted officials to investigate whether the rice cookers were intended as 'a hoax device'.

'The time, rush hour; the place, a subway station; the item, rice cookers that could be mistaken for pressure cookers,' he said. 'It certainly is the kind of thing that we would want to know why is he placing them there and what is the purpose of that.'

However, Miller reaffirmed that investigators are not sure of the man's motives or intentions.

'As you all know, there are people with shopping carts who pick up things on the street and put them back down on the street, and that’s kind of a fact of urban life,' he continued.

'I don’t know what the deliberate act is, whether it was to breed fear and alarm the public, or whether he was discarding items he was no longer interested in.'

The third suspicious package was found near a garbage can in Chelsea on West 16th Street and 7th Avenue.

The item was deemed safe by explosive specialists soon after and was found to be an unmodified rice cooker - similar to the first two items found earlier Friday, police revealed.

The third suspicious package (right) was found near a garbage can in Chelsea on West 16th Street and 7th Avenue. All three were confirmed to be rice cookers and did not appear to be modified in any way, according to two law enforcement

A poster released by authorities hoping to identity the 'person of interest'

One of the packages was found inside Fulton Street station, and the other was found on a platform that carries 2 and 3 trains

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority resumed service on the 2 and 3 at Fulton Street at 10.24 am, following this morning's investigation

The discovery of the third item came just moments after the NYPD's counterterrorism squad said two suspicious packages found at Fulton Street Station were not explosive.

They were confirmed to be rice cookers and did not appear to be modified in any way, according to two law enforcement.

Police say each of the cookers are the same make and model.

One of the cookers was found inside Fulton Street station, and the other was found on a platform that carries 2 and 3 trains.

Both of them were empty, police revealed.

In a tweet, NYPD Chief of Counterterrorism James R. Waters said the devices were cleared without incident, and emphasized that they were 'NOT explosive devices'.

Investigators are working to find out whether the items were left behind.

'Out of an abundance of caution officers have searched nearby stations,' Waters added.

Authorities were alerted to the scene at around 7:15 am Friday. There were no reports of injuries

In a tweet, NYPD Chief of Counterterrorism James R. Waters said the devices have now been cleared, and said they were 'NOT explosive devices'

Fulton Street Station was evacuated as a precaution, along with near-by subway stops as well (pictured: Commuters are redirected by law enforcement at the Oculus transportation hub)

Authorities were alerted to Fulton Street Station at around 7.15 am Friday, following a 911 call.

They gave the items the all clear just over an hour later at 8.20am.

Fulton Street Station, one of New York's busiest commuter hubs and just a short distance from the World Trade Center, was evacuated as a precaution.

Three New York Fire Department units were also sent to the scene of the police investigation near the Fulton Street subway complex, a department spokesperson said.

There were no reports of injuries but the morning commute was heavily disrupted.

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority resumed service on the 2 and 3 at Fulton Street at 10.24am, following this morning's investigation.

An NYPD anti-terror officer prevents pedestrians to pass, as police seal off area in the financial district around the the Fulton Street

Fulton Street Station is one of New York's busiest commuter hubs and just a short distance from the World Trade Center

There were no reports of injuries but the morning commute was heavily disrupted

In 2016, Ahmad Rahimi, left luggage with two pressure cooker bombs on 23rd and 27th streets in Chelsea.

The one on 23rd Street exploded and injured nearly three dozen people, none of them seriously. The device on 27th Street never exploded.

Rahimi was captured days later after a gun battle with police in Linden, New Jersey. He was sentenced to multiple life terms last year.

Authorities considered Rahimi's plot to be the first jihadist terrorist attack on the city since September 11, 2001.

Pressure cooker bombs were also used in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 which killed three people and injured at least 264.