Overview
- Prosecutors say two profanity-laced voicemails that contained explicit death threats were left for the American Islamic Community Center on June 28.
- Oakland County charges name 35-year-old Christopher Andrew Lord and allege he left the June 28 messages, with formal counts filed on July 2.
- He is charged with one count of false threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, each carrying up to 20 years in prison and fines.
- Authorities describe the suspect as unhoused and say he is also a suspect in a separate Troy probe of alcohol-fueled threats, complicating motive and hate-crime assessment.
- Local Muslim advocates and county officials condemned the threats, have increased security and offered rewards, and they are urging a full local and possible federal review of the incident.