Posts Tagged ‘public health & medicine’
Woman accused of burning down Cobb County church questioned in another arson case
Aries Jordan is accused of starting a fire that burned down Prayer City Eagles Chapel International Ministries in Austell. The 25-year-old suspect is facing several charges including arson, vandalism and terroristic threats. An arrest warrant says she also allegedly sent text messages to the church pastor, Raphael Grant, and his wife threatening to kill them.…
Read MoreBomb threat found to be false Monday at the University of Kansas Hospital
The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department said a bomb threat proved false Monday night at the entrance to the emergency room at the University of Kansas Hospital. A news release from the police department stated their officers were sent at 6:36 p.m. to the emergency room of the hospital at 3901 Rainbow Boulevard to help…
Read MoreMan made bomb threats, got into armed standoff at Weston Hospital: State Police
A man is in police custody after state troopers say he made bomb threats toward federal buildings and got into an armed standoff at a Weston hospital. According to a press release, on Monday, troopers with the West Virginia State Police received multiple reports of a man making bomb threats toward “various government facilities.” While…
Read MorePennsylvania man threatened to behead Tampa General Hospital CEO, feds say
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after making online threats targeting Tampa General Hospital’s chief executive officer, including internet postings that said he should be beheaded, authorities said. Lawrence Brunn, 63, was arrested Tuesday on a cyberharassment charge for threats he made against John Couris that prompted the hospital executive to hire a security detail…
Read MoreChildren killed in ‘appalling’ Sudan hospital attack – WHO head
“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on…
Read MoreNearly 150 Report Being Jabbed With Needles at French Music Festival
French officials said Sunday that 145 people across the country, including 13 in Paris, reported that they had been stabbed with needles at an annual nationwide music festival on Saturday. Twelve people were arrested in connection with the stabbings. “Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests,” the ministry said. French officials did…
Read MoreFormer SU employee arrested for ‘terroristic threats’ against hospital, admits to ESF swatting
A former Syracuse University employee was arrested and charged with making a “terroristic threat” Monday after threatening to carry out a mass shooting and bombing at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. The former employee, named in the court documents as 27-year-old Adam Dedrick, admitted to the threats and false active shooting report at SUNY ESF in…
Read MoreAt least 7 dead after Doctors Without Borders facility in South Sudan targeted in aerial bombing
The medical charity Doctors without Borders said Saturday that its facility in a remote part of South Sudan was targeted in an aerial bombing that killed at least seven people. Fangak County Commissioner, Biel Butros Biel, told The Associated Press that a 9-month-old child was among the dead in the aerial attack. He added that…
Read MoreHigh schooler faces terrorism charge after playing ‘Senior Assassination’ game in hospital
An 18-year-old high school student was arrested Wednesday on a felony threat of terrorism charge after he allegedly ran into a hospital carrying a Nerf gun as part of a “Senior Assassination” game. On April 30, two young males allegedly entered Jordan Valley Hospital with what appeared to be a gun and “asked if it…
Read MorePerson arrested at UnitedHealthcare headquarters after allegedly making ‘threats of violence’
An individual was arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota on Monday after officials said they “issued threats of violence” directed at the facility, but stressed the person had no “specific grievances” with the company. The suspect contacted the FBI Minneapolis Field Office at approximately 10:47 a.m. to issue the threats “if specific demands were not…
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