Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Arizona man arrested, hit with federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill rabbi
An Arizona man was arrested and hit with federal charges over the weekend for allegedly threatening to execute a Scottsdale rabbi and “every other JEW” he could find, the Justice Department announced Monday. Jeffrey Mindock, a 47-year-old Tempe resident, allegedly sent an email last Friday morning to the rabbi asking him to convince a judge…
Read MoreRichmond County man indicted on federal charges for bomb scare at Social Security office
A Richmond County man has been indicted on federal charges for a bomb threat targeting the Social Security Administration’s Augusta office. Keyon Tishaye Dickens, 38, of Augusta, currently is being held in the Jefferson County Detention Center after being indicted for Using a Telephone to Make a Threat to Injure a Person or Damage a…
Read MoreFlorida man charged with making threats against Jewish organization
A Florida man has been charged with calling a Jewish organization and threatening to kill Jewish people, according to court documents unsealed by the Justice Department on Wednesday night. Deep Alpesh Kumar Patel, a 21-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, allegedly called the World Jewish Congress in New York City and left a threatening voicemail, authorities said…
Read MorePolice: Cary man released on $1,000 bond after threats of mass shooting targeting children
On Wednesday, Cary police arrested a man accused of threatening to shoot several children. Kevin Edral Douglas, 46, of Cary, is facing charges related to cyber stalking and communicating threats, police said. The Cary Police Department said officers received a notification from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about someone threatening to become…
Read MoreNEWS‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again. “We’re being forced to normalize learning amid a constant fear of guns ringing inside or outside of our classrooms,” said…
Read MoreTipsters Lead Police To Armed Man At Virginia Church Following Instagram Threats
Falls Church resident Rui Jiang, 35, is facing charges after a joint investigation into alleged threats at the Park Valley Church in Haymarket on Sunday, Sept. 24. Investigators say that the Fairfax County Police Department alerted authorities in Prince William County about a tipster in Anne Arundel County about a man in Laurel who posted…
Read MoreKnoxville man arrested on threat of terrorism, harassment charges
A Knoxville man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly making a threat against the Marion County Road Department. Joshua Isely, 39, is charged with threat of terrorism and first-degree harassment, according to a news release from the Knoxville Police Department. Police began investigating Tuesday around 7:44 a.m. after receiving a report about the alleged threat, which…
Read MoreWhite supremacist pleads guilty to threatening Pittsburgh synagogue shooting jurors and witnesses
White supremacist Hardy Lloyd could spend more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to threatening jurors and witnesses in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial, federal officials said. Lloyd, 45, ran a prolific and hateful website that, for much of the spring and summer, took aim at the prosecutors, witnesses, victims and…
Read MoreEx-Indiana substitute teacher gets 10 months in prison for sending hoax bomb threats to schools, newspaper
A former Indiana substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sending hoax bomb threats targeting numerous locations, including the school where she was employed at the time, the Justice Department announced Monday. In January, Mary Fortner sent a bomb threat to a Milltown, Indiana, police officer targeting…
Read MorePolice respond to bomb threats at libraries in Aurora, Evanston, Addison
Police in at least three Chicago suburbs were responding to bomb threats at local libraries Tuesday afternoon. Aurora police confirmed officers were on scene at all three libraries as of 3:15 p.m., due to the bomb threats. Aurora Public Library officials confirmed all three libraries have been evacuated. Authorities asked people to avoid the area…
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