Man accused of threatening to fly plane into Anheuser-Busch plant in Columbus

COLUMBUS — An arrest warrant has been issued for an eastern Ohio man who is accused of threatening to fly a plane into the Anheuser-Busch plant in Columbus.

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James Meade II, 26, of Chesterfield is charged with making a terroristic threat to the plant on social media in December, according to our news partners at WBNS-TV in Columbus.

Police were notified about the threat after a woman read the group chat posts and reported them to investigators and the Ohio National Guard.

Meade is accused of making the threats on the social media app Discord that he wanted to crash a plane into the plant and said “I hope they got a terrorism insurance plan the day before,” the station reports, citing court records.

Additional details were not available.