Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Kenosha student arrested after trying to enter school with a gun
The Kenosha Police Department arrested a 13-year-old Thursday who allegedly tried to enter Roosevelt Elementary School carrying a firearm. At approximately 9 a.m., the Kenosha Unified School District student reportedly attempted to enter the school, at 3322 Roosevelt Road, carrying suspicious bags. When school staff met and questioned him in the secured entryway, the teen…
Read MoreL.A. County man gets year and a day in federal prison for false reports of terrorist plots
A Los Angeles County man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for falsely reporting terrorist attacks targeting Southern California military bases. Daniel Sandoval, a 29-year-old Santa Fe Springs resident, pleaded guilty in February to one count of false information and hoaxes after he submitted eight tips to the U.S. Department…
Read MoreNon-credible bomb threats against Atlanta-area polling places were from Russia, secretary of state says
Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at twelve Georgia polling places originated from Russia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday. “We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public…
Read MoreMaine schools target of swatting calls on Election Day; police say there is no threat to public
Maine State Police officials say reports of active shooter situations at schools made on Election Day are not credible. Police said that on Tuesday morning, various crisis lines in Maine received threats of armed individuals on multiple school campuses throughout the state. MSP officials said the agency is working with various partners and has confirmed…
Read MoreFBI arrests 2 Michigan men for political threats
The FBI’s Election Threats Task Force has arrested two Michigan men from Ann Arbor and Jackson who now face charges for sending political threats online. According to court records, the FBI National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia received an anonymous online threatening submission that they traced back to Isaac Sissel, 25, of Ann Arbor.…
Read MoreBomb Threats In Swing States Disrupt A Mostly Smooth Election Day
A series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day that capped a tumultuous presidential campaign. The bomb threats in parts of Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania on Tuesday turned out to be hoaxes, but they forced some polling places to…
Read MoreGeorgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers
A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers. According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he allegedly had a verbal altercation with a…
Read MoreSikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil
About 30 people are walking along a dirt path between a rural road and a persimmon orchard, kicking up dust with each step. Children run towards the front of the march, where a group of older men with turbans and thick beards keep the pace at a steady clip. For three weeks in October, a…
Read MoreFlorida teen with machete arrested for voter intimidation at polling place
An 18-year-old was arrested outside a Florida polling location Tuesday after police said he wielded a machete in order to intimidate voters. Caleb James Williams faces charges of aggravated assaulted on a person 65 years of age or older and improper exhibition of a firearm or dangerous weapon. In a press conference after the arrest,…
Read MorePaul Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to life term on state charges
The man who was convicted in the 2022 attack on the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday following his state trial. DePape’s early morning break-in at the Pelosi home almost exactly two years ago on October 28, 2022 — just days before…
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