Robert John Menth

Update 4/14/16 The Baxter Police Department Thursday identified the postal worker who was arrested for having a hand grenade in his possession as 56-year-old Robert John Menth of Brainerd.

Menth is in custody at the Crow Wing County Jail in Brainerd and is awaiting formal charges of felony terroristic threats and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Menth was arrested Wednesday afternoon after allegedly making terroristic threats at the Post Office Annex on College Road in Baxter and for having a hand grenade with him while he was on his mail route. Read more

note: Menth is a rural carrier who has been working for USPS since May 26, 1979

4/13/16 Brainerd, MN A postal worker is behind bars Wednesday after allegedly making terroristic threats at the Baxter Post Office Annex and for having a grenade with him while he was on his mail route.

Baxter Police Chief Jim Exsted said police were informed shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday of a male worker who made “some type of” terroristic threat at the Baxter Postal Annex that morning. Police investigated and learned there was a significant threat.

The postal worker was on his mail route south of Brainerd in his sports utility vehicle, when authorities located him, Exsted said.

The bomb squad worked on the grenade and learned it was a real inert military grenade, which means it lacked the explosive components to make it detonate.

source: Postal worker detained after bomb threat