Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
FBI, DOJ warn against threatening election workers
With the November election now less than six months away, the Department of Justice is sending a clear warning. “If you threaten to harm or kill an election worker…the Justice Department will find you and we will hold you accountable,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland. After threats soared in 2020, Attorney General Garland and FBI…
Read MoreJustice Department seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi attacker
Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband Paul with a hammer in 2022. The Department of Justice filed a sentencing memorandum Friday in anticipation of next week’s sentencing of David DePape, saying he should…
Read MoreIllinois Police arrest suspect in government bomb threats
Illinois State Police arrested a suspect in an April bomb threat to two government buildings. Police arrested Gabrielle Williams, 23, on Thursday. This came after a weeks-long investigation into the threats via interviews and cell-phone data. Williams is currently held in the Sangamon County Jail awaiting trial. She remains innocent until a jury deems her…
Read MorePolice identify suspect in College of Veterinary Medicine arrest
Oro Valley Police were on scene at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Oro Valley. Police say they responded to a call for unknown threats. The single suspect detained has been identified as 39-year-old Daniel Rathgeb from Sierra Vista. OVPD says Rathgeb was arrested and booked on charges of disorderly conduct, weapons misconduct, and threats…
Read MoreSeries of bomb threats targeting LGBTQ+ Pride events in Montana deemed to be hoaxes
A series of bomb threats targeting annual Pride events in Montana were deemed to be hoaxes “used to try to dissuade people from participating” in the LGBTQ+ celebrations, police say. Two threats were made on Saturday and Sunday when the Bozeman Police Department investigated two bomb threats that “occurred within the city limits of Bozeman,”…
Read MoreSlovakia hit by wave of bomb threats
Police in Slovakia are trying to find out who sent more than 1,000 bomb threats to schools and other institutions on Tuesday. Police teams with sniffer dogs and bomb disposal experts were called out repeatedly across the country. The alerts prompted mass evacuations. Officials said they were treating the threats “as a particularly serious crime…
Read MoreNYC synagogue bomb threats found to be fake, officials say
Multiple bomb threats were made against synagogues in New York City on Saturday, according to the New York City Police Department. New York officials said the threats were unfounded, and investigators are working to find whoever was responsible. Schumer and Rep. Jerry Nadler held a press conference Sunday morning, saying they had spoken with the…
Read MoreNorth Carolina man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Jews in Charlotte
A North Carolina man was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison Wednesday for threatening to kill Jews in Charlotte days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, prosecutors said. FBI agents arrested 64-year-old Jeffrey Hobgood in October, accusing him of emailing threats to the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, The Charlotte Observer previously…
Read MoreMan who threatened to commit school shooting sentenced for owning machine gun
A local man who made online threats to commit a school shooting in California has been sentenced. Alex Jaques, 21, was sentenced to at least six years in federal prison for possessing a machine gun, according to the Department of Justice. As News Center 7 previously reported on Nov. 15, 2022, the FBI National Threat…
Read MoreMan arraigned on charges for alleged bomb threat on Buffalo hospital
A Genesee County man has been arraigned on two charges in connection to allegedly making a bomb threat to Buffalo General Medical Center in March, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. 31-year-old Lordseth Phoenix, of Corfu, is accused of falsely reporting in a 911 call on the morning of March 17 that an…
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