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.

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.

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

Additional details were not available.

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