The suspect wanted for Friday’s rice cooker bomb scare is a 26-year-old West Virginia native who is facing charges in his home state for allegedly sending bestiality videos involving a chicken to a minor, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Cops believe Larry Griffin II, of Bruno, is the same man caught on CCTV leaving two rice cookers in a subway station, sparking an evacuation in Lower Manhattan around 7 a.m. during the rush-hour commute.
According to police in West Virginia, Griffin was charged in 2017 for showing a video to a minor that involved him having sex with a chicken. The case is still pending.
“There is some type of deviant behavior there, obviously,” a West Virginia police source said. “In technical terms, there’s something that ain’t right with him.”
NYPD sources described Griffin as emotionally disturbed and homeless.
He has had at least two arrests in Logan County, W.Va., sources said.
Griffin’s father, Larry Griffin, told The Post his son left town after he was charged with trying to seduce a minor and distributing the obscene video.
The elder Griffin said his son had been panhandling and living on the streets in New York City and called home every few months.
When told about the rice cooker bomb scare, the man maintained his youngest son didn’t mean any harm.
“He’s a good kid,” he said. “I worry about him all the time but he’s not out to do nothing like that.”