OAKLAND (KRON) — People who live in an Oakland Hills neighborhood woke up to the sounds of the sheriff’s bomb squad searching for an explosive device in their neighbor’s home Tuesday.

The incident was part of an FBI investigation.

“Probably scary for everybody. There was loud banging on the door. I guess it was the FBI,” said neighbor Gigi Reinheimer.

The FBI had information that a bomb may be inside a home on Stockbridge Drive.

Officials with Alameda County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad say a they found something rigged to look like a bomb that turned out to be a fake.

“We did look into this out of an abundance of caution to make sure there was no public safety threat. There was no public safety threat,” said FBI spokesperson Katherine Zackel.

KRON4 has learned that this law enforcement action is focused on a man wanted in connection to several bank robberies.

“We were on scene today. It was the FBI, ACSO and the Oakland Police Department,” Zackel said. “We were here conducting and authorized search warrant. There was an arrest earlier today not at this scene but at another location.”

“When walking by I think all neighbors gave a wide berth because he was often in the driveway and kind of menacing,” Reinheimer said.

That is how neighbors in this quiet Piedmont Pines neighborhood describe the man they believe was the target of the FBI.

Neighbors say there has been nothing but trouble since the man recently moved back in with his parents in the home along with his girlfriend and their small children.

“Yeah and neighbors have called child protective services. We have been in touch with the police.

They come out occasionally but you know there has been no resolution until possibly today,” Reinheimer said.

Police confirmed the suspect was arrested just before 7 a.m. on the 3600 block of Broadway in Oakland.

The suspect was identified by police as 49-year-old Duane Makela of Oakland.

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