Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Police investigate bomb threat at the home of Pope Leo’s brother
The Illinois home of one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers was the target of a bomb threat, which was found to be unsubstantiated, police said Thursday. The report came in at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. New Lenox police said they initially responded to the bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of Leo’s…
Read More‘No one would be spared’: Teenage girl’s diary laid out school shooting plan later thwarted by police
Diary entries written by an eighth grader in Oneida County lay out the plans she developed for a mass shooting in her middle school’s cafeteria. The 14-year-old has been charged for a threat against Clinton Middle School, about 9 miles from Utica. The plot was thwarted by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office after an uninvolved…
Read MoreChild charged after threat made against Georgia elementary school
A juvenile has been arrested after police say a threat was made against an elementary school in west Georgia. LaGrange police received information Tuesday about a potential threat involving Clearview Elementary School. The case was turned over to the department’s Criminal Investigation Division, which determined that the threat was made through a social media account.…
Read More3 Teens Face Charges After Threatening Clinton Middle School Shooting; Multiple Firearms Secured
A reported threat of a shooting at the Clinton Middle School cafeteria led to multiple juveniles being investigated and firearms secured in the Town of Kirkland. According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded at 1:42 a.m. on April 11 to an address in Kirkland after a threat was made about a shooting planned…
Read MoreFive teens to go on trial in Sweden over attempted murder of Iranian dissident
Five teenagers are set to appear in court on Wednesday over the alleged attempted murder of a dissident Iranian researcher, Arvin Khoshnood, in the south of Sweden. The prosecution says that one of the teenagers rang the doorbell of Khoshnood’s home in the city of Malmo on 2 September last year, armed with a knife.…
Read MoreYouth charged in Manitoba school attack plot had threatened kids with knife, parents say
Parents in a small southwestern Manitoba community allege a 14-year-old boy charged in connection with a school attack threat had a history of threatening others, in some cases holding other youth at knifepoint. Three individual parents of teens who attend Rivers Collegiate in Rivers, about 225 kilometres west of Winnipeg, allege the accused youth threatened…
Read MoreCCSO: Cumberland County elementary school student charged with threats of mass violence
A Cumberland County elementary school student is charged with threats of mass violence after making “alarming statements” to other students, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. CCSO said the threats were made on April 6 by a student at Homestead Elementary, and the District Threat Response Team, consisting of school officials, members of the…
Read MorePost Falls man arrested for terroristic threats against police departments
A Post Falls man remains in jail after making terroristic threats against local police departments over the weekend. Ryan McClintock posted videos on Facebook Saturday calling for “gangsters and people not afraid to die” to take over the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls police departments. He claimed the departments were covering up pedophilia cases at…
Read MoreBill passed to require that any Tenn. school threats have to be credible before any charges are filed
The Tennessee Senate and House unanimously passed a bill Monday that would change how school threats are handled, sending the legislation to Governor Bill Lee’s desk to be signed into law. Following the Covenant School shooting in 2023, state lawmakers made any threat of mass violence against a school a felony. Tennessee’s school threat laws…
Read More‘No Data Centers’: Indy councilor’s home hit with 13 shots in targeted attack
A targeted shooting at an Indianapolis councilman’s home is under investigation after the politician backed a controversial data center project. Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ron Gibson reported the attack early Monday morning, police said. Gibson represents District 8 on the city’s near north and east sides. He has served since 2023. The incident occurred just before…
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