Ex-employee accused of threatening Kroger workers says he didn’t do it — his twin did

A man accused of threatening to kill his former coworkers at an Alpharetta Kroger if he didn’t get his final paycheck told Channel 2 Action News he wasn’t the person who made the threats — it was his twin brother.

Demarious Merkerson, who was arrested Oct. 3, faces felony charges for allegedly saying he would kill everyone inside the store on Crabapple Road, Alpharetta police said.

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He spent more than two weeks in the Fulton County Jail before bonding out Friday for $20,000, according to jail records. He told Channel 2 that he did call the Kroger, but that his twin brother made the threats that put him in jail.

“I called up there, but I didn’t threaten them,” Merkerson said. “I was outside, and somebody in the background said, ‘I will kill you. I will kill everybody.’ It was not me. It was somebody else.”

Police previously told Channel 2 that officers responded to the Kroger twice because of the threatening calls. He told the news station he doesn’t know why his brother got involved.

“My brother — he don’t stay with me, and I had went to jail for that,” Merkerson said. “It was messed up. It was wrong.”