Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Garden City man with making terrorist threats against his fellow employees and customers at a Kroger store. The incident occurred at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at a Kroger on North Middlebelt Road just north of Warren Road in Westland. There, 37-year-old Jonathan Lee Stieber allegedly…

Librarians across the country say they’ve become targets in the ongoing battles over books – but the attacks have escalated beyond just calls to remove materials from library shelves. Several librarians told ABC News they’re facing threats of physical violence, lawsuits and criminal charges for having what some say is “inappropriate” content in libraries and…

Threats and harassment against local public officials rose in 2023, according to research tracking political violence and hostility provided to NBC News. The researchers found that threats and harassment against officials including city council members, school board members, poll workers, mayors and local prosecutors increased significantly in the second half of the year. Elected or…

The U.S. Capitol Police hired three special prosecutors to investigate threats made to members of Congress and help prosecute threat cases involving members, the agency confirmed Wednesday to The Hill. The three attorneys are spread across the U.S., with one in Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; and Tampa, Fla., the agency confirmed. The first position…

A New York man has been charged with sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, sent text messages late last month threatening New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron with “death and…

The Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested a municipal government employee of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Wednesday on suspicion of impeding Nintendo’s business operations by sending death threats. Kenshin Kazama, 27, has confessed to the offense, saying, “There is no doubt about it,” the police said. According to the police, between Aug. 22 and Nov. 29 last…

Two bomb threats led to a brief lockdown of the Norwegian parliament Wednesday, while lawmakers continued debate inside. Heavily armed police were posted outside the assembly and the surrounding streets was cordoned off. Bomb sniffing dogs were seen in action outside the building. The 169-member Storting was reopened after a bit more than two hours.…

A man is accused of threatening an election director during a recount of local elections during December, officials said. On Dec. 15, Andrew Fred Hess, 37, of Livonia, allegedly walked outside the recount room at Oakland County Complex in Pontiac and said, “hang Joe for treason,” in reference to the county elections director, according to…