Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
U.S. Capitol Police to open Texas field office, citing rising threats against members of Congress
In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police plans to open regional field offices across the country, including in Texas. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced the plans at a joint oversight hearing of the Capitol Police Board, describing a 300% increase in threats to members of Congress over…
Read MoreBuffalo man admits to posting threats after Tops mass shooting
A Buffalo man admitted to making threats towards several local stores in the days following the Tops mass shooting in 2022, the U.S. Attorney said Tuesday. Prosecutors say that 25-year-old Rolik Walker posted a threat on Twitter under the username “@ConklinHero” about “targeting” stores in the area and “Only looking to kill blacks” on May…
Read MoreOne arrested following bomb threat at Oklahoma Attorney General’s office
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a man is in custody after making a bomb threat at the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office. According to Trooper Brack Miller, the man called the OHP dispatch and said there was a bomb at the Attorney General’s office. Trooper Miller said the suspect demanded to speak to a captain or…
Read MoreFord plant in Missouri shuts down over ‘possible threat,’ sheriff’s office says
A Ford assembly plant in Claycomo, Missouri, was evacuated and shut down on Tuesday night after police received a report about a possible threat. At a press conference, Clay County Sheriff’s Office officials said a man who claimed to be armed with explosives, a rifle and a handgun barricaded himself in a bathroom. The incident…
Read More2 arrested over separate alleged threats toward Fort Worth church, Miller brewing company, police say
Fort Worth police on Monday announced that investigators arrested two men for separate alleged shooting threats in recent days: One involving a church on Friday and another involving the Miller Brewing plant on Saturday. Arrests were made in each case, which police said were separate incidents. No one was injured in either incident. According to…
Read MoreMississippi Man Charged With Cyberstalking and Making Antisemitic Threats Targeting Synagogues and Jewish-Owned Businesses
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Donavon Parish, 28, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was arrested and charged by indictment on charges of cyberstalking and communicating interstate threats. The federal grand jury made a special finding that the defendant targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion. The indictment alleges that during April…
Read MoreMan sentenced for sending letters with death threats to a Federal Judge and members of Congress
Dennis Nelson, age 51, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for mailing threatening letters to a federal judge and two members of Congress in 2018 and 2019 while already serving time in a State of New York correctional facility.Syracuse man sentenced for cocaine possession in Auburn Nelson admitted that on August 1, 2018, he…
Read MoreMiddlesex County Man Admits Communicating Threats to Attack Synagogue
A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with…
Read MoreStudents who make school threats will be suspended for one year under new TN law
Tennessee students who make threats of mass violence against schools will be expelled for one year thanks to a new state law that establishes the act as a zero-tolerance offense in the state. The state law went into effect July 1 after passing through the state legislature this past session. “I think what we’re really…
Read MoreJan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama’s home, threatened to blow up van at government facility, feds say
A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the home of former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., with weapons and ammunition in his van had threatened to blow up the vehicle at a government facility the day before, federal prosecutors alleged in a new court filing. Taylor Taranto, a 37-year-old from Washington state, was…
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