Man sentenced to 1 year in prison for threats to woman, Pratt Industries

Pratt Industries at 1515 Baker Road Thursday, August 29, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

Pratt Industries at 1515 Baker Road Thursday, August 29, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

A Springfield man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months in prison for threatening a family member and bringing an AK-47 to her workplace, threatening violence against Pratt Industries.

Michael A. Robinson, 41, pleaded guilty last month in Clark County Common Pleas Court to one charge of inducing panic for threatening a family member who works at Pratt Industries, telling her he would bring an AK-47 there, shoot up the place and attack her.

Robinson reportedly called his relative on Aug. 26 in front of her managers, stating he would “come to the business and shoot her.” A manager told police that Robinson parked in the parking lot of the business in a black Cadillac, causing Pratt to lock down.

About an hour later, police arrived on scene and found Robinson, according to court records. Robinson’s relative told the manager that the gun was still in Robinson’s trunk, and that he told her he would “bond out of jail and return to the business.”

Another Pratt Industries employee told police he removed the firearm from Robinson’s car, placing it in his own, according to court records.

Police collected an “AK-47 style pistol,” two loaded AK-style magazines and two loaded AR-15 style magazines.

Robinson received 106 days of jail-time credit for time served. He may reduce his sentence depending on the completion of certain programs in prison or by filing for judicial release, according to a sentencing document.

He was ordered conveyed to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction’s reception center in Orient.

Robinson may be placed on parole for up to two years after his release from prison.

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