Overview
- Kenneth Gehrke, 63, of Elgin, Illinois, turned himself in and was transferred to Dearborn Heights custody, officials said.
- He is lodged at the Wayne County Jail pending arraignment after the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office signed an arrest warrant, according to police.
- The arrest followed a joint investigation by Dearborn Heights and Elgin police with support from the FBI, Wayne County homeland security, and the Detroit & Southeast Michigan Intelligence & Information Center.
- Police say the alleged threat targeted an unnamed Dearborn Heights mosque on Sept. 29, one day after the deadly Grand Blanc Township attack on a Latter-day Saints church.
- Authorities have not disclosed the nature of the alleged threat, and Chief Ahmed Haidar credited Sergeant Ahmad Mazloum and interagency partners for locating the suspect.