Alex Buley-Neumar (Livingston County Sheriff's Office)
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Mount Pleasant man accused of stalking and harassing a minor over social media is now facing felony charges after an alleged Molotov cocktail attack in a Livingston County neighborhood.
Alex Buley-Neumar, 25, is charged with manufacturing or possessing a Molotov cocktail causing damage, aggravated stalking of a minor, using a computer to commit a crime, and accosting a child for immoral purposes for allegedly lobbing explosives at a Brighton Township home last week.
The backstory:
Deputies with the Livingston County Sheriff's Office were called to a home on Burson Drive around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 28 after multiple Molotov cocktails were thrown at the house and fires were set in a neighborhood. When deputies arrived, they saw evidence of this in the road, and damage to a home after neighbors extinguished the flames.
After identifying Buley-Neumar as a suspect, they learned the crime was allegedly linked to an ongoing stalking and harassment case involving a juvenile victim.
Deputies, detectives, and Mount Pleasant police worked together to locate and arrest Buley-Neumar.
He is currently being held in the Livingston County Jail on a $1 million cash/surety bond.
Why you should care:
The sheriff's office said parents need to be involved and aware of their children's activity on social media, including who they are talking to.
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