Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
US lawyer allegedly targeted in Indian murder plot still receiving death threats
An American Sikh who was the target of an alleged assassination plot arranged by an Indian government official has said he is still getting hundreds of threats a day, even as India has claimed it is investigating the murder-for-hire conspiracy. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a New York-based lawyer, said the threats on social media and other…
Read MoreInternational schools in Spain shut after bomb threats
Several international schools in Spain were checked by police with sniffer dogs while others did not open on Monday after they received emailed bomb threats which the Interior Ministry described as being hoaxes. A police source in Zaragoza confirmed that four international schools in the city received such threats, and that the French Lycee Moliere…
Read MoreNintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers
Nintendo canceled its upcoming video game showcase and postponed several other events because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players. “We decided we could not amply ensure the safety of our customers,” Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. said in an online statement Thursday. The Japanese manufacturer behind the Super Mario and Pokemon canceled Nintendo…
Read MoreBuxton man found guilty of social media threats against Jewish community
A jury convicted a Buxton man on Thursday of threatening to kill Jewish people in a 2021 Twitter post. Brian Dennison, 27, was found guilty of transmitting a threatening interstate communication. The verdict came after a three-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court in Portland. According to evidence presented during the trial, Dennison posted…
Read MoreMan arrested after threatening to commit school shooting at Poway Unified elementary school
A 38-year-old man is in custody after San Diego Police said he threatened to commit a mass shooting at Shoal Creek Elementary in Carmel Mountain Ranch. According to police, Lee Lor was arrested Friday in Carlsbad, and charged with one felony count of making criminal threats. According to court documents, Lor e-mailed the school and…
Read MoreFlorida man arrested in Austin after allegedly threatening ‘mass casualty event’ at Tesla event
A 28-year-old Florida man was arrested in Austin the day before Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery event after allegedly planning to “shoot up Elon Musk and the plant,” according to an arrest affidavit. The document states that the Senior Manager of Security Operations with Tesla filed a Suspicious Activity report regarding threatening messages that were sent on…
Read MoreGirlfriend of Robb Elementary mass shooter jailed, accused of repeated threats to Uvalde community
The self-proclaimed girlfriend of the Robb Elementary School shooter is in federal custody after years of threats made against the Uvalde community, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. Victoria Gabriela Rodriguez-Morales was arrested last week and is facing a charge of making threats using interstate communications. Currently, Rodriguez-Morales, 19, is in federal custody at…
Read More18-year-old arrested in Volusia Co. after FBI flags his online mass shooting threats
A man was arrested in Volusia County after making extreme threats, officials say. On Tuesday night, the FBI notified Volusia Sherriff’s Office detectives of numerous threats posted in the comments of a pair of YouTube videos. Officials say 18-year-old Seth Montes of Deltona made numerous mass shooting threats toward a local church. The sheriff’s office…
Read MoreUtah Man Arrested on Charges of Interstate Death Threats
Kevin Brent Buchanan, 62, of Tooele, Utah, was charged by complaint, unsealed today, with threatening a Palestinian rights organization. According to publicly filed court documents, between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, Buchanan called the organization and left at least five voice messages stating, in part, “You’re the enemy,” “You’re being catalogued,” “You’re gonna die,” and…
Read MoreMan Indicted for Fake Bomb Threats
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Matthew Cook, age 33, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1) for falsely conveying on two occasions that there was a bomb at a store in Parker, Colorado. According to the indictment, on or about…
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