Cops: Ex-employee’s threats trigger SWAT team’s response in Midtown

When Scott Clayton was let go from Streamline Health, leaders at the Midtown Atlanta business sent a memo to employees. It warned them not to let Clayton into the building, and alerted them that new keycard-related precautions were being taken.

On Tuesday, Clayton was arrested — after allegedly posting threats on social media and leaving a “suspicious package” outside the company’s office near Peachtree and 15th streets, triggering responses from the Atlanta police SWAT team, the bomb squad and Homeland Security.

According to information released by Atlanta police, officers first responded to Streamline’s office around 3 a.m. Tuesday after security called to report a man — believed to be Clayton — “kicking the revolving doors on the property.” He left before police arrived.

Authorities returned about an hour later, finding a package — “suspected to be a bomb or hazardous material” — outside the front door. The SWAT team and bomb squad ultimately determined that it was a printer and didn’t pose a threat, but Homeland Security officials reportedly told police they had responded Monday after Clayton posted threats about harming former co-workers on social media.

Clayton was later arrested and charged with criminal trespass, an Atlanta police spokesman said Tuesday afternoon. How and where he was detained was unclear.

Clayton’s recent Facebook activity is a dizzying mix of references to Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, attractive women and Russian-language articles. It’s full of conversations with an account that uses the name David Simon — a name authorities pointed to as his own alias.

One post includes the identities, ages and supposed salaries of Streamline Health executives .