Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Man who allegedly threatened to kill Jewish people arrested near NYC after driving from Utah
A man who allegedly threatened on social media to kill Jewish people was arrested just outside New York City after driving across the country from Utah, according to NYPD officials. The suspect, Luis Ramirez, drove from Utah through Kansas City to Philadelphia, continuing to make threats along the way, police officials said. NYPD detectives and…
Read MoreASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia
Intelligence officials have disrupted numerous attempts by hostile countries to kill or harm critics in Australia, and in one recent operation even thwarted a plot to lure an unsuspecting human rights activist overseas, who was to be silenced in an “accident”. The boss of the country’s domestic intelligence agency has delivered his annual threat assessment,…
Read MoreBomb threat suspect tells PBSO he killed 10 girls, had ISIS training
An 18-year-old accused of threatening to a terror attack on Palm Beach Gardens High School claimed he had ISIS training. He also claimed to have killed ten girls, an assertion that authorities had no evidence to indicate was true. Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) reported that they responded to JFK Hospital…
Read MoreForeign National Extradited From Germany to Face Charge of Transmitting Threatening Communication
Today, the Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Igor Lira, 40, a Slovakia national, for allegedly transmitting a threat in interstate or international commerce containing a threat to injure. Lira made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland today after he was extradited from Germany. Erek L. Barron, U.S.…
Read MoreSWAT arrests man suspected of robbing a Utah bank and sending threats to another
A man is accused of robbing a bank and stealing a dollar amount to reference the 9/11 attacks. On Thursday, Unified police and the FBI were called to a robbery that happened at a Chase Bank on 2855 E, 3300 South in Millcreek. Witnesses told investigators that a white man with a long beard left…
Read MoreMassachusetts Man Arrested for Making Violent Threats Against Officials, Private Individuals and Children
A Wilbraham, Mass. man has been arrested and charged for allegedly making numerous violent threats on social media targeting certain officials and their families, private individuals, children and sensitive locations such as shopping malls and an elementary school. Funwayo Mbilini Nyawo, also known as “Jonathan Funwayo Nyawo,” “Michael Jacobs,” “Robert Jacobs,” and “Carl Fields,” 36,…
Read MoreMcMinn High School students arrested for conspiracy to commit act of terrorism
Two students face charges after a possible planned attack on other McMinn High School students on Thursday, February 6. Sheriff Joe Guy posted to Facebook that he received a phone call from a parent of one of the teens around 10:30pm that evening, who had “discovered something disturbing”. “The parent was very concerned over a…
Read MoreAmerican Airlines flight delayed by suspected bomb threat
An American Airlines flight was delayed last week after the crew alerted authorities about suspicious activity on the plane “regarding the name of a WiFi hotspot involving the word ‘bomb.’” American Airlines Flight 2863 was scheduled to travel from Austin, Texas, to Charlotte, North Carolina, with a planned departure time of 1:42 p.m. Bruce Steen,…
Read MoreNew York Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening Jewish Synagogue in Albany
A New York man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albany, New York, to civil rights and firearm charges related to his threatening conduct targeted at a Jewish synagogue. According to court documents, Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty to an information charging one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious…
Read MorePortland police arrest man reportedly threatening people with machete near Old Tow
After an hours-long police response near Old Town on Wednesday night, officers arrested a man at an apartment complex they said threatened people with a machete. A large police presence gathered in the 600 block of Northwest Naito Parkway in response to the incident at about 4 p.m. The Portland Police Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)…
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