Neil Edwin Prescott

Neil Edwin Prescott, Prince George’s County police have arrested Neil Edwin Prescott after he allegedly made threats and referred to himself as the Joker this week. According to police, they arrested Prescott and recovered numerous guns from a home Thursday night. Julie Parker, a spokeswoman for the Prince George’s County police, told NBC News Friday that authorities had “thwarted a terrorist threat.”

Police reportedly responded after Prescott, 28, of Crofton Md., made a threat toward his employer in two phone calls to his supervisor Monday.

Prescott apparently was upset about losing his job and said: “I am the real Joker, and I’m going to blow everyone up,” Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark Magaw told reporters.

Further reports indicate that Prescott was fired from his job as a subcontractor at Pitney Bowes, an office supply company, on an unrelated matter, the company said.