(WWJ) A Monroe, Michigan, man who was late for his flight has been arrested for calling in a bomb threat that caused the evacuation of a Spirit Airlines jet at Detroit Metro Airport on Thursday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged John Charles Robinson, 23, with reporting a fake bomb threat. Federal agents say Robinson missed his flight and was told at the gate that he needed to rebook. But instead he allegedly called in to Spirit Airlines and said he had information that someone was going to try to blow up the airport and blow up flight 2145.
According to the affidavit, after giving a description of an individual, he said: “they’re going to be carrying a bomb through the TSA,” and “they’re still threatening to do it, they’re still attempted to do it, they said it’s not going to be able to be detected. Please don’t let that flight board.”…