(CEDAR CITY)—An inmate made a bomb threat at the Iron County Jail Monday while holding a corrections officer hostage and attempted to escape. According to Iron County Sheriff’s deputies, 28-year old Steven Crutcher was in the visiting area of the jail Monday when he pulled something out of his shirt and grabbed a deputy, holding what appeared to be a pipe bomb to her. Iron County Sheriff’s deputy Aaron Pallesen said Crutcher claimed to have a bomb and that he would blow up himself and the corrections officer if he didn’t get outside. The deputy was able to radio for help and after he was rescued, Crutcher was pushed back into the booking area of the jail. Pallesen said the device was really a toilet paper roll that had been colored gray and had wires from an AM/FM radio and the red detonation button was a pencil eraser. Crutcher is now being housed in isolation where he is watched 24 hours a day, Pallesen said. Crutcher has been at the Iron County Jail since May for possessing a stolen vehicle, a weapons violation, and a parole violation warrant from Wisconsin. Pallesen also said the corrections officer was uninjured.