FLINT, Mich. — A Michigan man not extended a job offer by General Motors was charged Monday with making terrorist threats against the carmaker.
Paris Desean Alexander, 29, of Flint was arrested Saturday and charged with making false threats of terrorism and using a computer to commit a crime, WJRT-TV reported.
The Flint Police Department held a news conference to announce the charges.
The Flint Police Department held a press conference today to announce charges filed against a Burton resident accused of making terrorist threats at a General Motors Assembly plant in Flint. pic.twitter.com/Oy567UtWWg
— City of Flint (@Cityof_Flint) July 11, 2022
According to investigators, Alexander is a former GM employee, who applied to get a new job there, WJRT reported.
Alexander is accused of emailing threats of violence to personnel at the Flint plant after an employment offer was not extended, police confirmed.
After executing a warrant on Alexander’s residence, officers with the Flint Police Department found four guns, seven ammunition magazines and several dozen rounds of ammunition. They also seized a laptop computer and three iPhones, the TV station reported.
General Motors issued a statement Monday saying the company took immediate action to increase security at the Flint manufacturing complex, WJRT reported.
“We have been cooperating with local authorities throughout their investigation and we are pleased that they are taking the matter seriously,” a GM spokeswoman said in the prepared statement.
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