A Bloomington man was arrested Monday after he allegedly threatened to burn down a Planet Fitness location during an argument about a membership cancellation.
Jeffrey Riley, 45, is charged with intimidation, a felony.
Riley went into the gym on the 3400 block of West Third Street to request his membership be canceled, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams said.
Sometime during the conversation, Riley became angry. He told employees he would return to the gym and burn it down with everyone inside it.
After he left, employees called police, who got information from the gym before finding Riley at his home on the 600 block of Ridge Crest Court.
They arrested him and took him to the Monroe County Correctional Center.
Riley told police he didn’t plan to follow through on the threat and he had just been frustrated.
Kellams said he did not know if the gym wound up canceling Riley’s membership.
Jack Evans
