Ohio National Guard member threatened to crash plane into an Anheuser-Busch plant, police say

A member of the Ohio Army National Guard is accused of threatening to crash a stolen plane into an Anheuser-Busch plant on Columbus' North Side.

James Ricky Meade II, 26, of Chesterhill, Ohio,  has been charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with making a terroristic threat, a third-degree felony.

Meade in December posted statements on social media in which he said he wanted to steal a plane and crash it into a Anheuser-Busch plant in Columbus, a Columbus police officer said in a complaint filed March 30 with the court.

A woman alerted law enforcement and the Ohio National Guard after seeing the posts, according to the complaint.

Meade was arrested Monday at his home in Chesterhill, located about 90 miles southeast of Columbus, by members of the Ohio Highway Patrol; the patrol's special response team; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, or SOFAST, according to Charles Sanso, a deputy supervisor for the U.S. Marshals Service who oversees SOFAST.

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Records from Franklin County Municipal Court show a warrant was issued for Meade's arrest on March 30, the same day the complaint was filed against him.

Meade enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard in 2017 and is an air defense battle management system operator with the 2nd Battalion of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment based in McConnelsville, Morgan County, according to Stephanie Beougher, a spokeswoman for the Ohio National Guard.

Meade is the second Guard member to have been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat in the past week.

Thomas Develin, 24, of Columbus' Northwest Side, was arrested March 30 and is charged with making threats toward the Columbus Torah Academy, a private school based in the Jewish faith. According to court records, Develin worked as a security guard at the East Side school.

Both men are still members of the Ohio Army National Guard, but their security clearances and any favorable actions, such as promotions or transfers, have been suspended, Beougher said.

"We are fully cooperating with the criminal investigations and will determine any appropriate military discipline or administrative action when the cases are concluded," Beougher said.

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