Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Florida man charged with making threats against Jewish organization
A Florida man has been charged with calling a Jewish organization and threatening to kill Jewish people, according to court documents unsealed by the Justice Department on Wednesday night. Deep Alpesh Kumar Patel, a 21-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, allegedly called the World Jewish Congress in New York City and left a threatening voicemail, authorities said…
Read MorePolice: Cary man released on $1,000 bond after threats of mass shooting targeting children
On Wednesday, Cary police arrested a man accused of threatening to shoot several children. Kevin Edral Douglas, 46, of Cary, is facing charges related to cyber stalking and communicating threats, police said. The Cary Police Department said officers received a notification from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about someone threatening to become…
Read MoreNEWS‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again. “We’re being forced to normalize learning amid a constant fear of guns ringing inside or outside of our classrooms,” said…
Read MoreTipsters Lead Police To Armed Man At Virginia Church Following Instagram Threats
Falls Church resident Rui Jiang, 35, is facing charges after a joint investigation into alleged threats at the Park Valley Church in Haymarket on Sunday, Sept. 24. Investigators say that the Fairfax County Police Department alerted authorities in Prince William County about a tipster in Anne Arundel County about a man in Laurel who posted…
Read MoreKnoxville man arrested on threat of terrorism, harassment charges
A Knoxville man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly making a threat against the Marion County Road Department. Joshua Isely, 39, is charged with threat of terrorism and first-degree harassment, according to a news release from the Knoxville Police Department. Police began investigating Tuesday around 7:44 a.m. after receiving a report about the alleged threat, which…
Read MoreWhite supremacist pleads guilty to threatening Pittsburgh synagogue shooting jurors and witnesses
White supremacist Hardy Lloyd could spend more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to threatening jurors and witnesses in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial, federal officials said. Lloyd, 45, ran a prolific and hateful website that, for much of the spring and summer, took aim at the prosecutors, witnesses, victims and…
Read MoreEx-Indiana substitute teacher gets 10 months in prison for sending hoax bomb threats to schools, newspaper
A former Indiana substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sending hoax bomb threats targeting numerous locations, including the school where she was employed at the time, the Justice Department announced Monday. In January, Mary Fortner sent a bomb threat to a Milltown, Indiana, police officer targeting…
Read MorePolice respond to bomb threats at libraries in Aurora, Evanston, Addison
Police in at least three Chicago suburbs were responding to bomb threats at local libraries Tuesday afternoon. Aurora police confirmed officers were on scene at all three libraries as of 3:15 p.m., due to the bomb threats. Aurora Public Library officials confirmed all three libraries have been evacuated. Authorities asked people to avoid the area…
Read MoreJacksonville man arrested by Secret Service over threats posted to Twitter
A Jacksonville man is in jail on federal charges for making threats against current President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and former First Lady and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton according to our media partners at WLDS. According to a federal complaint filed by the U.S. Secret Service in the Central District Federal Court…
Read MoreMore than a dozen people charged by US unit for threatening election workers
More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a justice department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote. Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and experts…
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