Posts Tagged ‘threats to life’
Rutherford County man arrested for FEMA threats; sheriff says ‘no armed militia’
Federal emergency response personnel working in Helene-devastated areas of Rutherford County were subject to threats over the weekend, resulting in a halt to some aid operations over a potential “armed militia” and the arrest of an armed Forest City man, officials said. Just before 1 p.m. on Oct. 12, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received…
Read MorePolice: York County man charged after making threats in churches during services
A man remains in the Adams County Prison after police say he threatened churchgoers at four churches in York and Adams counties on Sunday. According to police, 53-year-old Odell Potter, of Glenville, was holding a hammer over his head at one church in Conewago Township, Adams County. Police also said he entered three other churches,…
Read More10 Prince George’s students charged with making dozens of school threats
Ten children ranging in age from 13 to 16 have been charged in connection to nearly 50 threats made to Prince George’s County schools over the past several weeks, police say. Investigators linked the 10 students to 47 school-related threats, police said. Four more children who are under 13 years old were also involved in…
Read MoreDHS report warns violent extremists pose threat to election workers and voting process
Domestic violent extremists will pose “the most significant physical threat to government officials, voters, and elections-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot drop box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, and vote counting sites,” according to a Department of Homeland Security assessment released on Tuesday. DHS believes that extremists will be…
Read MoreMan who threatened he had ‘C-4’ outside Walker Trump rally arraigned
A Kent County man is facing multiple felony charges following his arrest Friday near a Trump rally in Walker, Michigan. Nauta is accused of driving through a security checkpoint near the Trump rally at FALK Production and telling officers that he had C-4 and that it was “the real deal.” Court documents claim that he…
Read MoreQueens DA staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: police
A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Police said Derek Klever, a 27-year-old who worked as a trial preparation assistant at the Queens District Attorney’s…
Read MoreSheriff: Harford County student arrested after school threat made on Snapchat
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an increase in threats made against schools, including one that resulted in an arrest overnight. The sheriff’s office said deputies became aware early Wednesday morning of a claim circulating on Snapchat about “shooting up the school, this is a threat.” At 2:20 a.m., deputies knocked on doors…
Read MoreSweden Says Iran Was Behind Thousands Of Text Messages Calling For Revenge Over Quran Burnings
Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023. According to officials in Stockholm, the cyberattack was carried out by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which hacked an SMS service…
Read MoreMan suspected of assassination attempt against Trump left a letter detailing his plans, prosecutors say
The man who authorities say sat with a rifle in the trees where Donald Trump was golfing earlier this month in West Palm Beach, Florida, previously wrote a letter stating “this was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” according to a new filing Monday by federal prosecutors. In a court hearing, prosecutors also said they…
Read MoreCongress Scrambles To Ensure Safety Of Presidential Candidates In Final Weeks Of Campaign
Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It’s unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference. Days after a gunman was…
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