An update: Social media threats & a hit list of local cops – Nevada

A Sparks man is accused of posting threats, even keeping a ‘hit list’ of local police. Word of this disturbing case first came late last week after a Storey County deputy made a traffic stop on Geiger Grade.

It turns out he’s been under investigation for threatening posts on social media, and Storey County authorities had been watching for 44-year-old Neil Rick Carroll at least since the day before, after he phoned the sheriff’s office saying he was coming to Virginia City in hopes meeting with a local deputy who said he knew from church.

The deputy denies any affiliation with Carroll, but according to a charging document we’ve obtained, his name appears in the number one spot on a ‘hit list’ of local police officers Carroll allegedly posted on social media. That list had already brought him to the attention of the Sparks Police Department which had been investigating Carroll. The Storey County deputy and another whose name appears at number 6 on the list had previously worked for Sparks Police as do the other 8 officers on the list.

There was added reason for concern. Carroll’s name appears on a number of posts to a Facebook page with messages like ‘the only good cop is a dead one.’

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