A former sound designer for a video game company in Irvine was charged with sending a threat to his employer, according to court records obtained Monday.
William James Brandt, 46, of Irvine, was charged with a felony count of delivery of a threatening letter with the intent to extort and a misdemeanor count of annoying repeated telephone calls. He was scheduled to be arraigned sometime Monday in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
Brandt is accused of threatening Lightspeed LA and its parent company, Tencent America LLC, on Aug. 9. The phone calls were made July 31, the complaint alleged…