ROMULUS, Mich. – Monroe resident John Charles Robinson, 23, was arrested on a criminal complaint for calling Spirit Airlines and reporting a fake bomb threat for a flight departing from Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
The incident occurred on Thursday (June 5) at 6:25 a.m. when Robinson used a cellphone to call Spirit Airlines and conveyed false information about the bomb threat to Flight 2145 departing from DTW bound for Los Angeles.
Police said Robinson, during the call, said, “I was calling about 2145 because I have information about that flight. There’s going to be someone who’s going to try to blow up the airport, and there’s going to be someone that’s going to try to blow up that flight 2145.”
Officials said after describing an individual, Robinson said: “They’re going to be carrying a bomb through the TSA, and they’re still threatening to do it, they’re still attempted to do it, they said it’s not going to be able to be detected. Please don’t let that flight board.”
The flight was immediately canceled, and the flight’s passengers and crew were deplaned.
Bomb-sniffing dogs and FBI agents were deployed to sweep the airplane where no bomb or explosives were found.
Police and the U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service led to the arrest of Robinson as he attempted to board another flight at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
Robinson appeared in federal court in Detroit on Friday, June 6, 2025, afternoon and was released on bond.
His next court appearance will be on June 27 for a preliminary examination.
The charges in a complaint are merely allegations.