Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
California Man Arrested for Making Violent Threats Against North Carolinians
A Huntington Beach, California, man was arrested today on federal charges relating to sending threats to individuals and knowingly making false bomb threats. Kevin Dunlow, age 62, is charged in a complaint unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of North Carolina following his arrest in California. He will have his…
Read MoreEvergreen man sentenced after threatening mass violence at 3 Colorado locations
Evergreen man Kyle William Staebell was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Thursday for making threats to commit mass violence. According to the defendant’s plea, in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2023, the defendant, 34, threatened to attack the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Denver, an office of the Department of…
Read MoreUnder new policy, Broward schools won’t automatically evacuate after bomb threats
Public schools in Broward County are no longer being automatically evacuated if they receive bomb threats via phone, text or email, according to a new district policy. The decision, laid out in a May 10 memo to sent to principals from the district’s head of safety and security, “came in regards to our constant evacuations…
Read MoreMarinette man charged with terror threats, accused of threatening office with AR-15
A Marinette man faces a charge of making terrorist threats for allegedly threatening to enter a county office with an AR-15. Bryan Korpal, 38, made an initial court appearance Wednesday, where a $10,000 cash bond was set. He returns to court June 3 for a balance of initial appearance. According to a news release from…
Read MoreFBI, 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…
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