'I'm gonna show America what's wrong with it': Man threatens to blow up IHOP in Orem, screams about Charlie Kirk and Governor Cox
Eric Jonathan Paul Lackey, 43, was arrested and booked in the Utah County Jail on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, after police say he caused a scene in an Orem IHOP approaching customers and employees and “disturbing them with his political views.”
Police say Lackey left the restaurant when asked but remained in the parking lot “throwing items around” from his vehicle. He reportedly told police arriving on scene that he had a bomb in his vehicle and threatened to blow up the restaurant and kill the officers.
Documents allege he told police he would blow the bombs, “because that’s what the world has come to.”
Witnesses at the restaurant say they watched Lackey drive in several circles before parking diagonally across two separate parking stalls, halfway into the land of travel. He then reportedly tore down a sign indicating the restaurant was closed before entering.
Police arrived to find Lackey’s vehicle with all doors, hood, and trunk open.
“I’m gonna show America [what’s] wrong with it cause it needs to wake up,” Lackey reportedly said, according to police. Documents show he was screaming as loud as he could about various political ideas and issues including Charlie Kirk, Governor Spencer Cox, and “corrupt police.”
Lackey was booked on eight misdemeanors and a threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony.
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