NEWTON, Kan. – One man was taken into custody Thursday night by the North Newton Police Department for alleged criminal threat against his place of employment.

Jacob A. Owens, 27, of Newton, was arrested for one count of criminal threat for posts he made on his personal social media account. Owens is an employee of Lippert Components in North Newton.

An individual reported the alleged threats to law enforcement Thursday around 8:50 p.m. The North Newton Police Department investigated, and took Owens into custody at 10:27 p.m. at his residence in Newton.

“The individual that reported these posts absolutely did the right thing. We always encourage people to report information like this,” said North Newton Police Chief Randy Jordan. “We take this extremely serious, and we will investigate.”

The threat was isolated, and there is no active threat according to officials.

The incident remains under investigation.