Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Man with Molotov cocktail threatened to kill Cabinet members, Capitol Police say
A Massachusetts man arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday told police he was there to kill a newly confirmed member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, federal investigators say. Ryan Michael “Reily” English was charged in D.C. District Court on Tuesday with unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying an explosive or incendiary device on…
Read MoreSAPD: Man who claimed to have explosive device as he approached gate at JBSA-Lackland arrested
A man is in custody after claiming he had an explosive device strapped to his back as he approached the Luke East Gate at JBSA-Lackland. San Antonio police say it happened just after 4:30 a.m. Monday. They report that security personnel at the base took the appropriate action when they cordoned off the area and…
Read MoreFrench police probe death threats against judge and prosecutors trying Le Pen
French police have opened an investigation into death threats against a judge and two prosecutors involved in a corruption trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in which she could be barred from contesting the 2027 presidential election, police and judicial sources said. The abuse fits into a pattern of threats against judges, prosecutors and…
Read MoreHagerstown woman arrested for making threats against churches, pastors
A woman from Hagerstown is under arrest after a joint investigation by Maryland fire authorities. Salamah Bassem Audi, 35, was arrested Saturday after she made several online threats against local churches. Investigators with the Hagerstown Fire Marshal’s Office and the Office of the State Fire Marshal were notified of multiple threats made against Gateway Experience…
Read MoreJohn Bolton’s Secret Service protection discontinued by Trump administration
In its first 24 hours in office, the Trump administration removed U.S. Secret Service protection from former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, who became a critic of the president after Bolton’s ouster from the first Trump administration in 2019. Multiple sources told CBS News the decision was made in the past 24 hours. Bolton,…
Read More‘No active direct threats’ to inauguration events: USSS
There are “no active direct threats” to the presidential inauguration ceremony on Monday, the lead coordinator for the United States Secret Service told ABC News. Matt McCool, head of the Secret Service’s Washington field office, told ABC News that if there were any potential threats, they would be mitigated by the agency’s extensive security plan.…
Read MoreMercer County Man Pleads Guilty To Communicating Threats To Attack Members Of The White Community
A Mercer County, New Jersey, man admitted to transmitting, via the internet, a post containing threats to injure members of the white community by shooting them with a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced today. Joshua Cobb, 24, of Trenton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court…
Read MoreEmailed threats to Jewish funeral home leads to Spring man’s arrest, Bellaire police say
A man in Spring was arrested after police say he threatened to kill Jewish people in the Houston area. Bellaire police were contacted about the threat in October. The owner of Houston Jewish Funerals in Bellaire told investigators he received a disturbing email with the subject line “Beezlebub.” Police didn’t have trouble locating a suspect.…
Read MoreTeen convicted of threatening violence at Montgomery County high school
A Maryland teen who authorities say wrote 129 pages about a school shooting was convicted Wednesday of threatening mass violence. Alex Ye, 19, of Rockville, was found guilty on one count of threat of mass violence after a two-day bench trial in December. Prosecutors described Ye’s long document as a chilling plan to kill students…
Read MoreTeacher Is Arrested After Threat Closes Schools in Montclair, N.J.
Public schools in Montclair, N.J., were closed on Monday after a teacher at an elementary school threatened its principal on social media, the police said. Several hours later, the school district announced that the potential threat had been “neutralized.” The teacher, Amir Doctry, was arrested in Philadelphia on Monday morning and charged with making terroristic…
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