Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
New York man charged with sending threats to state attorney general and judge in Trump civil suit
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…
Read MoreIbaraki man arrested over death threats sent to Nintendo
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…
Read MoreBomb Threats Cause Short Lockdown At Norwegian Parliament House
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.…
Read MoreMan charged with terrorism for threat against election director: ‘hang Joe for treason’
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…
Read MoreCapitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone-wolf killer’ charged with violating anti-stalking order
A Silver Spring man who spent four months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot now faces three new criminal counts for allegedly violating an anti-stalking order against a D.C. activist. Bryan Betancur Battisti, 26, appeared in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday for arraignment on three counts of contempt of an anti-stalking order.…
Read MoreNo explosives found at Seoul stadium in police search following bomb threat against Ohtani
South Korean police said they’ve found no explosives at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome after searching the site Wednesday following a reported bomb threat against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. About 150 police officers used sniffer dogs, X-ray detectors and other equipment to search through the stadium, but no suspicious objects were discovered, according to…
Read MoreOregon man allegedly makes threats in governmental office in Helena
An Oregon man was charged on Friday with felony threats and other improper influence in official and political matters after threatening to shoot a public servant and their co-workers in a governmental office, according to court documents. Scott Lee McClintock, 59, was told by a public servant working at a government office at the Department…
Read MoreFormer Apple engineer found guilty of threats to FBI agents
A federal jury has found a 32-year-old former Santa Cruz man guilty of threatening two FBI agents. The conviction of Brian Broderick on a charge of transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure came down March 8, after a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila. Before the threat, Broderick, a former…
Read MoreRussian ambassador to Washington says embassy has received threats over election
Russia’s ambassador to the United States said on Thursday his embassy had received a number of threats in connection with the Russian presidential election this week. “We are getting a great many provocative calls, threats,” Russian news agencies quoted Ambassador Anatoly Antonov as saying on state television. “We know that there are plans for anti-Russian…
Read MoreMan who sent bomb threat to Arizona election officials jailed for 42 months
A Massachusetts man who threatened to blow up the secretary of state of Arizona in 2021 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison, one of the most severe federal punishments yet handed down for the wave of violent threats against election officials unleashed by Donald Trump’s stolen election lie. James Clark,…
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