Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Teen gets $10M bond after terroristic threats made against Halloween attraction in Sarpy County
A teen has been charged with terroristic threats after making a post on social media threatening to “shoot up” a Sarpy County haunted house attraction. 18-year-old Marshall Fry was charged with terroristic threats, and had his bond set at $10 million when he made his first court appearance on October 24. Fry’s preliminary hearing is…
Read MoreWoman, 16-year-old arrested following school threat investigation in Rocky Ford
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said an adult woman and a 16-year-old male have been arrested following an investigation into reported threats at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior School. The CBI said Rocky Ford police received a report that a 16-year-old student brought a firearm to a school sporting event in response to alleged threats from…
Read MorePennsylvania man accused of threatening to kill Congress member arrested in Washington, D.C.
A Pennsylvania man was arrested in Washington, D.C., after Capitol police said he threatened to kill a member of Congress. Capitol police said 43-year-old Richard Griffin from Pennsylvania was spotted by the Rapid Response Team around 12:30 p.m. Griffin was spotted from a “be on the lookout” bulletin that Capitol police said had been published…
Read MoreElection Day threats target some NYC, New Jersey polling locations
Bomb threats on Election Day forced towns across New Jersey to move their polling locations and shut down schools, while police sources said New York City and federal authorities responded to an “elaborate swatting attempt” targeting polling sites. Manhattan polling locations in Washington Heights, the West Village and Midtown received messages containing threats of a…
Read MoreEx-Waterbury firefighter threatened to ‘light up’ left-wing officials, shoot police, warrants show
A former Waterbury fire lieutenant sent a number of threatening emails and phone calls to the mayor and city leaders, including one email that he will “light up the left-wing lunatics in the city of Waterbury” and a phone call where he threatened to shoot a police officer, according to his arrest warrant. Over the…
Read MoreFlorida man arrested for allegedly posting death threats to ICE agents on social media account
A Fort Myers man was arrested after he allegedly made online death threats to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Joseph Giancola allegedly said the threatening posts on social media platform Bluesky under the pseudonym Cain Delon, DHS said. Receipts from the social media account show the threats…
Read MoreWoman charged over online threat to blow up Nashville school
A woman is facing serious charges after an online threat toward a Nashville school was discovered and traced back to her on Tuesday. According to arrest affidavits, the director of security for Lipscomb University and Lipscomb Academy was alerted to an online post that included an article about the school on Granny White Pike. The…
Read MoreLynchburg man arrested for making threat against VA Delegate
The Lynchburg Police Department has arrested a Lynchburg man accused of making a threat against Delegate Wendell Walker, who represents the 52nd District in the Virginia House of Delegates. LPD arrested 47-year-old Ronald Reynolds of Lynchburg; he was charged Tuesday, October 28, 2025, with felony threat of death or bodily injury in writing. Monday, October…
Read More2 men sentenced to 25 years for failed murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad
Two men hired by Iran in a failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, author and activist, at her New York City home in 2022 were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. A Manhattan federal court jury convicted Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov of murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of…
Read MoreMinnesota man arrested after allegedly offering $45,000 for the killing of Pam Bondi
A Minnesota man was arrested after allegedly offering $45,000 for the killing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to court documents. Tyler Avalos, 29, published the threat on TikTok saying he wanted Bondi “dead or alive” but “preferably dead,” according to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Caleb Jurchisin. The investigation into Avalos started Oct.…
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