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You’ve heard of workplace burnout—but this is something else entirely. After waiting two years for a Ford retirement payout that never came, a Kentucky man took to social media and threatened to “bomb the building.” Now, police are hunting for him.

Facebook comment turns into a felony

William Hebner, 57, dropped his bomb threat in a Facebook comment on Ford’s official page. He wrote that he’d “bomb the building the people that you outsourced my retirement to.” Not exactly a Hallmark goodbye to the company.

His grammar makes it unclear whether he’s threatening the building of the administrators who made the decision or the new employees who got his old job. Ford and the police department haven’t revealed which building they suspect he was targeting.

Police believe Hebner either retired or quit and never saw his stock payout. Instead of waiting on hold with HR, he went full Facebook warrior. Now he’s facing a felony charge for terroristic threatening—and there’s a warrant out because he skipped his court date.

Ford bomb threat follows past plant scares

This isn’t the only bomb threat Ford dealt with recently. I wrote that Ford’s Kansas City F-150 plant faced a bomb threat. That wasn’t from an employee, but from an employee’s friend who wanted to get his buddy the night off work. He plead guilty and is facing four years in prison.

Again, cops never said which Ford facility Hebner targeted, but he’s based in Louisville. The city is home to Ford’s assembly plant, which builds the Super Duty and Ford Escape. Hebner might have been frustrated with Ford’s retirement system. But a bomb threat—especially on a public company account—isn’t exactly the way to negotiate your benefits. He now faces felony charges and a warrant that won’t retire anytime soon. See the latest coverage in the video embedded below:

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