Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
New criminal case filed against man accused of threatening to ‘blow Perryville up’
A man who allegedly threatened to “blow Perryville up” during a phone conversation with a police officer in October and later that day listed the Great Wolf Lodge as one of his targets was back in jail Tuesday night after police re-arrested him in the wake of prosecutors filing a new criminal case, one that…
Read MoreAlabama teen indicted on terrorism, attempted murder charges held without bond, faces max of life in prison
A Limestone County judge ruled for an Athens teen facing terrorism and attempted murder charges in a plot to kill Athens High School faculty and students to be held in jail without bond at a Wednesday bond hearing. Carson Butler, 18, is charged with one count of terrorism, two counts of attempted murder, and two…
Read MoreFormer Vassar College student allegedly spread bomb threat, active shooter hoax
A former Vassar College student has been arrested and accused of falsely claiming on social media that there was a bomb and an active shooter on the college campus on move-in day in August, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. FBI agents arrested Nigel Trenh at his Los Angeles home on Monday in connection with the alleged…
Read More2 students arrested in alleged school shooting plot targeting TX high school, police say
An 18-year-old Pasadena 11th grader has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder after police say he plotted with a 10th grade student to carry out a mass shooting at Pasadena Memorial High School. Emilio Lopez was taken into custody following an investigation by the Pasadena Independent School District Police Department. According…
Read MorePolice believe threat made to Conway High School could be ‘AI generated hoax’
Officers were on the scene investigating a threat made to Conway High School on Tuesday morning, according to the Conway Police Department. Police said they believe the call made to the school around 10:08 a.m. was an “AI generated hoax threatening that a shooter was coming to the school.” The hold that was in place…
Read MoreRaleigh man sentenced for threats to kill then-President Biden, Secret Service agent
A Raleigh man was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for threatening to kill then-President Joe Biden and threatening to kill the U.S. Secret Service agent who came to investigate the original threat. “This sentence makes one thing clear: threatening to murder the president of the United States…
Read MoreNew Jersey twins charged with threatening to shoot ICE officers, hang Homeland Security spokesperson
Twins in Absecon, New Jersey, were arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers “on sight,” and hang the top spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS announced Tuesday that Emilio Roman-Flores and Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores were both charged and arrested after posting the threats on social media, including threatening…
Read MoreAs online extremists push teens to self-harm, 2 political rivals to propose new law making it a crime
For several years, as U.S. authorities have struggled to stop online extremist networks like “764” from pushing teens to livestream acts of violence or self-harm, including their own suicide, the Justice Department has faced what authorities and victims both say is a vexing challenge: Such coercion is not a federal crime. That could change if…
Read MoreSt. Clair Shores resident faces felony charges for alleged school threat
A 20-year-old St. Clair Shores man has been charged with plotting a mass shooting at Masonic Heights Elementary School after police investigated threatening TikTok videos that came to the FBI’s attention. Joel Edwards was arraigned Friday before Judge Joseph Craigen Oster in the 40th District Court on charges of intentional threat to commit an act…
Read MoreSuspect in alleged Atlanta airport mass shooting plot seeks insanity defense
Billy Joe Cagle, who has pleaded not guilty, is being held without bond after the alleged shooting plot was thwarted by police on the scene at the airport in October. Defense attorneys are preparing “the defense of insanity at the time of the alleged offenses,” according to court filings. “Mr. Cagle was suffering from a…
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