A Michigan man is facing charges after officials say he tweeted a bomb threat to the Federal Bureau of Investigations official Twitter profile.
The tweet was sent out on May 11 from user account @JT616k. The user threatened to detonate 10 bombs and said that the FBI had until 8 oclock to find him.
According to The Detroit News, investigators traced the users cell phone to 20-year-old Joseph Todd Kowalczyk in Parkway Village mobile home park in Clinton Township. The following day, agents contacted Kowalczyk, who reportedly told agents that he was testing the government and was upset with the FBIs response time.
"Furthermore, he claimed that he did not intend to carry out acts of violence against anyone and did not own any weapons or explosive devices," the FBI agent wrote in the court filing. "Kowalczyk stated that he would not post anything further."
Kowalczyk continued tweeting about and taunting the FBI throughout the day before he was eventually arrested on Tuesday, Detroit News reports.
Kowalczyk was charged with transmitting a threat to injure, a criminal charge punishable by up to five years in prison.
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