Texas Man Convicted of Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney

David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was found guilty today by a federal jury of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch and kill Glenn Funk, the elected District Attorney General (DA) for Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. “The defendant’s heinous threats strike at the heart of our justice system…

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Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warns

An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said…

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Teen detained after online bomb threat prompts evacuation of TN church

An online bomb threat has prompted a church to be evacuated, according to the Murfreesboro Police Department. MPD and Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue responded to New Vision Church investigating after an online bomb threat was made against the church. The church was evacuated as MPD worked on verifying the credibility of the threat. Police have…

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Hagerstown teenager pleads guilty to making swatting calls across US

A Hagerstown teenager pleaded guilty to making swatting calls to multiple police departments across the country, threatening violence against schools, a casino, and an airport. Swatting is a form of criminal harassment, during which people falsely report an emergency to public safety to get emergency personnel to respond somewhere, despite no emergency existing. The U.S.…

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Michigan man sentenced to eight months in cruise ship bomb threat

A Michigan man was sentenced this week to eight months in prison for calling in a bomb threat because he was upset his girlfriend’s family was going on a cruise without him. Joshua Lowe, 19, was sentenced Monday during a federal court hearing in Kalamazoo, the Associated Press reported. Federal prosecutors said he was indicted…

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Man arrested after threatening Tulsi Gabbard and her husband

A man is facing a federal charge after allegedly threatening to kill Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. Aliakbar Mohammad Amin, 24, of Lilburn, Georgia, allegedly sent threatening text messages about Gabbard and her husband, Abraham Williams, between March 29 and April 1, the Justice…

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