The person behind the hoax, the complaint says, is 23-year-old John Charles Robinson, of Monroe, who prosecutors say was headed to Los Angeles on Thursday morning when he missed his 7 a.m. Spirit Airlines flight and was told at the gate that he had to rebook.

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A man who missed a flight to Los Angeles from Detroit called in a false bomb threat with the hope that any delay would allow him to get on the Spirit Airlines plane, authorities said Friday. The 23-year-old man was charged with maliciously giving false information about an explosive.

A Monroe, Michigan, man accused of calling in a fake bomb threat that halted a Spirit Airlines flight at the Detroit Metro Airport was taken into custody, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.