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POLICE -- Cary, N.C.: MCI WorldCom Employee Threatened To Fly Plane Into Building
POSTED: 10:47 AM ET -- Thursday, April 4, 2002
UPDATED: 8:35 AM ET -- Friday, April 5, 2002
WRAL.com

Officials from MCI WorldCom declined to comment on the case because they say it is a personnel issue.

CARY, N.C.
A Cary MCI WorldCom employee is being held on a $1 million bond after allegedly writing an e-mail, threatening to fly his plane into the facility.

Police said John Hook, 49, of Willow Springs allegedly is being charged with communicating threats. He appeared in court Thursday to hear the charges against him.

Authorities said Hook, an avid pilot who flew out of the Triple W airport in Fuquay-Varina, threatened to fly his plane into the MCI facility in Cary.

"He made a lot of enemies. He was telling obvious lies all of the time, so no one really believed him and everyone just stayed away from him," pilot Brian Baker said.

The police warrant states, "a reasonable person could believe that these threats might be carried out."
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I have no idea how true this is. I can find no corroborating links, and he’s not listed in the company roster (and, of course, we had a 10% company-wide lay-off a couple days ago).

Dan