(WWJ) A suspect has been arrested in the case of explosive devices found outside of two cellphone stores in Northern Michigan.
According to Special Agent Timothy Waters of the FBI Detroit Field Office, the FBI's Detroit Division and Michigan State Police took the suspect into custody Monday night.
Until the suspect appears in court to face expected charges, no details about him or or will be released.
According to investigators, someone put the bombs inside USPS mail boxes, sealed then with black duck tape, and placed them outside the stores, located in Cheboygan and Sault Ste. Marie.
Since the devices were found on Thursday afternoon, Waters said special agents, intelligence analysts, troopers, deputies, and officers from the FBI, Michigan State Police, Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office, Cheboygan Police Department, Sault Ste. Marie Police Department, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribal Police, the US Coast Guard, US Border Patrol and ATF have been working around the clock to identify and apprehend the person resonsible.
Waters added, in a statement: "An investigation this fast-moving cannot be successful without good partnerships. The tireless efforts and seamless coordination amongst all the investigative agencies were critical to quickly identifying and arresting the subject, disrupting the threat this individual posed to the public."
The FBI said the devices had threatening notes attached, addressed to Verizon and AT&T, and signed with the name "Handcuff Johnny" and "HJ." The letters claimed to be from the Coalition for Moral Telecommunications, with the letters “CMT” written on each box, officials said.
Both devices were diffused by a bomb squad, and no one was hurt at either store.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALLFBI or submit tips to tips.fbi.gov.
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