Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jonathan Lee Stieber, 37, of Garden City, in connection with making terrorist threats against employees and customers of a Kroger store. Mr. Stieber was an employee of the store at the time of the incident.

On April 14, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., at a Kroger in the 7300 block of North Middlebelt Road in Westland, it is alleged that Defendant Stieber threatened to shoot the employees and customers of the store. Investigation by the Westland Police Department led to the arrest of the defendant on April 15, 2024.

"This was potentially another incident that may have cost a lot of people their lives. Very thankfully, this was thwarted by a fellow employee at a Kroger store in Westland. The coworker reported his concerns immediately so law enforcement could start investigating. Let me take this opportunity to say that we all should be ever vigilant and report any activity that may be criminal. Literally, lives can be saved," said Prosecutor Kym Worthy.

Jonathan Lee Stieber has been charged with one count of Threat of Terrorism.*

He was arraigned this afternoon before Judge Sandra Cicirelli in 18th District Court and given a $25,000 personal bond with a GPS tether. The Probable Cause Conference is scheduled for April 25, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., and the Preliminary Examination is scheduled for May 5, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., before Judge Mark McConnell. Please request a photograph of the defendant from the Westland Police Department.

*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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