NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Robertson County man has been taken into custody in Alabama after Metro police say he threatened to detonate a bomb at the new Nissan Stadium construction site.
According to a Thursday press release from the Metro Nashville Police Department, a manager for Turner Construction Company — the lead company on the new Nissan Stadium project — received a text message from someone claiming to be from Saudi Arabia. That text message claimed there would be a bomb in the building from 6 a.m. to noon that would blow up the workers, the MNPD said.
The manager notified authorities and, out of an abundance of caution, called off work at the site Wednesday. An investigation later revealed the threats were sent from what police called a burner cell phone, and requests to service providers in the area led to the identification of 47-year-old Marque Henderson as the suspect…