The man accused of making threats toward his former employer Procter and Gamble has been charged with a felony, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters. Cincinnati Police and SWAT teams had a heavy presence around P&G Wednesday after a threat was made and picked up Tuesday by the Kenton County Sheriff’s department. The prosecutors office said Cincinnati police was contacted by the Kenton County Sheriff's Office Tuesday regarding concerning statements made about P&G including one saying he was going to "shut down the world via Cincinnati tomorrow." The statements led P&G to close their downtown location Wednesday out of an abundance of caution. Investigators spent most of Wednesday looking for the man accused of making the statements, now identified as 29-year-old Benjamin Wood.Wood was later located at his house and taken into custody on a mental health warrant and taken to be evaluated at a hospital.Following his release from the hospital, Wood was charged with two counts of inducing panic, a felony charge. If convicted on all charges, he faces the maximum possible sentence of 18 months in prison. Wood was employed by P&G but was terminated in 2021. "I am grateful for the efforts of the Cincinnati Police Department and the Kenton County Sheriff's for being so vigilant. I also want to thank Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders for his continued cooperation with this prosecution. We have seen too many individuals suffering from severe mental illness not be identified before something terrible happens. Fortunately, the criminal justice system has the resources to work with those suffering from mental illness to try to prevent a tragedy from occurring," Deters said. Documents from a series of events over the course of the past year show a spiral of issues involving Wood and police.January 2021, Wood called Edgewood police and demanded that Duke Energy executives be arrested and charged with killing unknown children by cutting off their electricity.March 2021, Wood's sister called police to his Kenton County residence in an upscale neighborhood because of a dispute. When police arrived, they said the man threatened responding officers that if they approached his house, “Officer would die.”October 2021, Wood called the police telling them that he wanted to talk to Donald Trump and Jack Kennedy. November 2021, Covington police were serving a mental health warrant on Wood. They got him stopped in traffic, but police said they had to break his windows to get him out of the vehicle.
The man accused of making threats toward his former employer Procter and Gamble has been charged with a felony, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters.
Cincinnati Police and SWAT teams had a heavy presence around P&G Wednesday after a threat was made and picked up Tuesday by the Kenton County Sheriff’s department.
The prosecutors office said Cincinnati police was contacted by the Kenton County Sheriff's Office Tuesday regarding concerning statements made about P&G including one saying he was going to "shut down the world via Cincinnati tomorrow."
The statements led P&G to close their downtown location Wednesday out of an abundance of caution.
Investigators spent most of Wednesday looking for the man accused of making the statements, now identified as 29-year-old Benjamin Wood.
Wood was later located at his house and taken into custody on a mental health warrant and taken to be evaluated at a hospital.
Following his release from the hospital, Wood was charged with two counts of inducing panic, a felony charge. If convicted on all charges, he faces the maximum possible sentence of 18 months in prison.
Wood was employed by P&G but was terminated in 2021.
"I am grateful for the efforts of the Cincinnati Police Department and the Kenton County Sheriff's for being so vigilant. I also want to thank Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders for his continued cooperation with this prosecution. We have seen too many individuals suffering from severe mental illness not be identified before something terrible happens. Fortunately, the criminal justice system has the resources to work with those suffering from mental illness to try to prevent a tragedy from occurring," Deters said.
Documents from a series of events over the course of the past year show a spiral of issues involving Wood and police.
January 2021, Wood called Edgewood police and demanded that Duke Energy executives be arrested and charged with killing unknown children by cutting off their electricity.
March 2021, Wood's sister called police to his Kenton County residence in an upscale neighborhood because of a dispute. When police arrived, they said the man threatened responding officers that if they approached his house, “Officer would die.”
October 2021, Wood called the police telling them that he wanted to talk to Donald Trump and Jack Kennedy.
November 2021, Covington police were serving a mental health warrant on Wood. They got him stopped in traffic, but police said they had to break his windows to get him out of the vehicle.
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