A man was charged in connection with last week’s bomb hoax outside the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities from the U.K. said Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, was charged and taken into custody Monday, after appearing at Ealing Magistrates’ Court.

UK authorities charge 43-year-old man in a bomb hoax last week near US Embassy in London.

Police officers in London carried out a "controlled explosion" after a suspicious package was found Friday morning outside the U.S. embassy.

British police said on Friday that a suspicious package left outside the U.S. embassy in London, which was blown up in a controlled explosion, was a hoax device, according to its initial indications.

Law enforcement conducted a “controlled explosion” of a suspicious package outside of the U.S. Embassy in London on Friday. “We can confirm that the ‘loud bang’ reported in the area a

Daniel Parmenter of Kildare Terrace, west London, has been charged with a bomb hoax after the incident outside the US embassy on Friday morning. The embassy was immediately locked down as armed police carried out a controlled explosion of the item within a cordoned area, said to have caused a loud bang.

A man has been charged with a bomb hoax after an incident outside the United States Embassy in London on Friday, British police said on Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, who has been charged, was arrested on Sunday after a search of his home address.

A man has been charged with a bomb hoax after an incident outside the United States Embassy in London last week, British police said on Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, who has been charged, was arrested on Sunday after a search of his home address.

Police were called to reports of a suspicious package at the embassy in Nine Elms, south west London, at 8.40am on Friday - Yui Mok/PA A 43-year-old man has been charged with a bomb hoax outside the US embassy in London.