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Threatening Bathroom Graffiti Temporarily Closes Private Englewood School (UPDATE) Threatening Bathroom Graffiti Temporarily Closes Private Englewood School (UPDATE)
Threatening Bathroom Graffiti Temporarily Closes Private Englewood School (Update) 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Police were reviewing security video to determine who's responsible for a threat specifically mentioning Blacks and Hispanics that was found scrawled on a bathroom wall at Dwight-Englewood School. The K-12 school was closed on Wednesday, April 24, following the discovery earlier in the week of a message that investigators said threatens to "get even." The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was alerted and police in Englewood are working the case, assisted by the county sheriff's forensics team, which collected evidence. "There's concern right now considering what just recently trans…
Jilted Lover Who Stalked, Repeatedly Threatened Ex In DC Gets Prison Time Jilted Lover Who Stalked, Repeatedly Threatened Ex In DC Gets Prison Time
Jilted Lover Who Stalked, Repeatedly Threatened Ex In DC Gets Prison Time A District man who terrorized his former partner for years will spend time in federal prison for stalking her and making threats, according to officials. Eddie Tibbs, 34, was sentenced to 73 months in prison for stalking, felony threats, felony destruction of property, misdemeanor destruction of property, and a civil protection order violation following a harrowing ordeal involving his ex, federal authorities announced over the weekend. According to prosecutors, Tibbs and his victim were romantically involved, and their relationship reached its conclusion in 2020, leading to a frighten…
Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison
Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison A Somalian man living in Pennsylvania threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, and now he's in a Pennsylvania Prison, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on March 15, 2024. Mohamed Farah, 34, who was living in Cumberland County, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to three years’ imprisonment on Wednesday, March 13.  Following his release, the Court has also imposed a three-year term of probation.  "The indictment alleges that in January 2022, Farah, who is a citizen of Somalia, threatened to ass…
Witnesses Stop Machete-Wielding Man At Collingwood Auction Witnesses Stop Machete-Wielding Man At Collingwood Auction
Witnesses Stop Machete-Wielding Man At Collingwood Auction A Berkeley Township man was accused of using a machete to threaten someone at a Monmouth County flea market, authorities said. The 39-year-old Bayville man went into the Collingwood Auction and Flea Market with the large blade at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb, 24, Howell Township police said in a news release. Investigators said the man was confronting a 40-year-old Neptune man over money owed for car repairs. Several witnesses stopped the argument from turning into a physical fight and the machete was never used. The man drove away without getting any money. The man was arrested at aroun…
Man Threatens Shop Owner With Illegally-Possessed Gun In New Rochelle: Police Man Threatens Shop Owner With Illegally-Possessed Gun In New Rochelle: Police
Man Threatens Shop Owner With Illegally-Possessed Gun In New Rochelle: Police A 21-year-old man was charged after threatening a Westchester business owner with a gun, leaving the store, and then returning a second time, police announced.  New Rochelle resident Isaiah Sutton was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 23 in connection with a menacing incident that happened earlier in the day, New Rochelle Police announced.  According to the department, around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, officers responded to Broccoli Smoke Shop at 394 North Ave. after they received a report of a person menacing the business owner with a handgun.  The incident had started as a …
Howard County Man Who Targeted, Threatened LGBTQ+ Group In DMV Gets Prison Time: Feds Howard County Man Who Targeted, Threatened LGBTQ+ Group In DMV Gets Prison Time: Feds
Howard County Man Who Targeted, Threatened LGBTQ+ Group In DMV Gets Prison Time: Feds The Howard County man who made death threats targeting an LGBTQ+ advocacy group during an unhinged voicemail he left hours after a mass shooting will be having his phone calls monitored by prison guards for the foreseeable future, according to officials. Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release after admitting to making threats and sending messages to Maryland and Virginia state delegates who made statements in support of transgender people following the mass shooting in Nashville last March…
Spitting Mad Homeless Man Threatened To Burn Down Pet Store During Tirade In Dunkirk: Sheriff Spitting Mad Homeless Man Threatened To Burn Down Pet Store During Tirade In Dunkirk: Sheriff
Spitting Mad Homeless Man Threatened To Burn Down Pet Store During Tirade In Dunkirk: Sheriff A homeless man put on a show for pet lovers when he camped outside an area business and threatened to burn it down before the Cavlert County Sheriff's Office brought in the calvary to take him into custody. Michael Joseph Keller was spitting mad after being arrested over the weekend in front of PetSmart in the 10400 block of Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk while he was trespassing, according to officials on Thursday afternoon. Deputies were called on Sunday, Dec. 17 to the store, where the 60-year-old Keller was found in front of the business shouting at customers, and when they appr…
Homeless Man Wreaks Havoc Inside Hotel Lobby In Woodbridge: Police Homeless Man Wreaks Havoc Inside Hotel Lobby In Woodbridge: Police
Homeless Man Wreaks Havoc Inside Hotel Lobby In Woodbridge: Police A 32-year-old homeless man who destroyed the bathroom of a Prince William County hotel lobby then got a knife and threatened a staff member has been arrested, police said. Terell Jefferson Jackson is believed to have damaged the bathroom inside of the Country Inn and Suites on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, on Saturday, Dec. 16, county police said. When the hotel manager confronted him, Jackson pulled out a knife and threatened the manager, authorities said.  A patron intervened and Jackson left the business. Officers found him at a nearby business and took him into c…
Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds
Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds A Hudson County man who posed as a nurse on Facebook and the Hinge dating app kidnapped, assaulted and sexually abused several women in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities charged. Herman Calvin Brightman, 30, abducted one of the women and her 2-year-old child in the Bronx and brought them to his West New York home at knifepoint, said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It was only one of what NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban called many “deeply disturbing and heinous acts” that included threats to kill his victims. Brightman also stalked a wom…
Police Investigating Threats Of Explosive Devices In All Baltimore County Schools (DEVELOPING) Police Investigating Threats Of Explosive Devices In All Baltimore County Schools (DEVELOPING)
Police Investigating Threats Of Explosive Devices In All Baltimore County Schools (Developing) All hands are on deck in Baltimore County after there were threats made targeting all public schools on Tuesday morning. An alert was issued by the Baltimore County Police Department at around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, advising the community that the agency is investigating possible threats that were made alleging that there were explosive devices placed in each of the district's schools.  #BCoPD is investigating the potential threats made alleging explosive devices have been placed in all BCPS schools. Our SRO’s will be working closely with school administrators throughout the day…
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others A former New Jersey resident with a cockamamie political history must spend the next 20 years in federal prison for threatening to kill police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, in and around Monmouth County. Eric G. Hafner, 32, formerly of Fair Haven, also made calls and sent messages to state officials while phoning in bogus bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and the Monmouth Park Racetrack during a two-year terror campaign, federal authorities in Trenton said. Hafner told newspaper reporters in 2018 that he was on the lam for d…
Wanted Armed Robber Threatened Hospital Staff at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Police Say Wanted Armed Robber Threatened Hospital Staff at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Police Say
Wanted Armed Robber Threatened Hospital Staff at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Police Say It's been a busy week for Shaka Barnes in Virginia after he was implicated in an attempted robbery then threatened staff at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, police say. Barnes, 43, who has no fixed address, is in police custody following a small crime scene that saw him allegedly commit several offenses before he was ultimately apprehended by members of the Fairfax County Police Department. On Monday afternoon, it is alleged that Barnes approached a man inside a building in the 3200 block of Woodburn Road, whom he assaulted and attempted to rob at knifepoint, though his victim refused and Barnes fl…
Bergen Woman Wanted For Threatening Animal Rescue In PA Busted By Local PD In Eviction Clash Bergen Woman Wanted For Threatening Animal Rescue In PA Busted By Local PD In Eviction Clash
Bergen Woman Wanted For Threatening Animal Rescue In PA Busted By Local PD In Eviction Clash A troubled Bergen County woman wanted in Pennsylvania for harassing and threatening an animal rescue there was arrested by River Vale police during an eviction. Catherine DeLucia, 56, “was uncooperative and refused to comply” with Bergen County sheriff's officers and local police trying to remove her from the Collignon Way home, River Vale Lt. Joshua Wisse said on Friday, Nov. 17. A computer check found that DeLucia was wanted out of Snyder County, PA, on charges of making terroristic threats and repeated anonymous harassment. DeLucia has had an ongoing battle with an animal rescue that s…
Warren County Man Points Loaded Gun, Threatens To Kill, Flees In Victim’s Car: Prosecutor Warren County Man Points Loaded Gun, Threatens To Kill, Flees In Victim’s Car: Prosecutor
Warren County Man Points Loaded Gun, Threatens To Kill, Flees In Victim’s Car: Prosecutor A Warren County man was arrested after pointing a loaded gun and threatening to kill, speeding away in the victim’s car and initiating a high-speed chase just as police arrived, authorities said. Khamtoune Singto, 47, of Stewartsville, is accused of pointing a “loaded.22 caliber Mossberg 715T Long Rifle at the victim, threatening to shoot and kill the victim” during a dispute on Monday, Nov. 6, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. As officers from Lopatcong arrived at the scene, Singto allegedly took the victim’s vehicle, drove around their patrol cars, through the lawn, and ont…
Ax-Wielding Man Uses Racial Slurs, Threatens To Bomb Police In Colchester: Authorities Ax-Wielding Man Uses Racial Slurs, Threatens To Bomb Police In Colchester: Authorities
Ax-Wielding Man Uses Racial Slurs, Threatens To Bomb Police In Colchester: Authorities A Connecticut man was arrested after he threatened a woman during an apparent bias incident, later threatening to bomb troopers after his release, police said. It happened on Monday, Nov. 6 in the New London County town of Colchester, according to Connecticut State Police. At approximately 2:50 p.m., a woman was walking from her home in the area of Harrington Court to a local business. However, as she walked to the business, she was confronted by 57-year-old Joseph Surwill, whose property is adjacent to the parking lot of the business the victim was walking to. Though she did not cros…
TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Lebanon Co. Man: Police TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Lebanon Co. Man: Police
TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Lebanon Co. Man: Police A Pennsylvania man will be extradited to Florida after threatening to kill a county sheriff in a message to a television show.  Jason E. Senseman, "admitted to sending several threatening and/or vulgar messages to [...] a social media account of the TV show 'On Patrol: Live'," the Volusia County Sheriffs in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 27.  The TV show contacted the VCS on Sunday, and detectives quickly reached the Pennsylvania State Police, "who were aware of the messages and also already familiar with Senseman."  He has a lengthy record in Pennsylvania crim…
Bowie High School Locked Down For Threat Investigation (DEVELOPING) Bowie High School Locked Down For Threat Investigation (DEVELOPING)
Bowie High School Locked Down For Threat Investigation (Developing) Police say that Bowie High School was locked down on Monday afternoon as the department investigates a reported threat. An alert was issued shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, as the Bowie Police Department investigated at the building, though they made note it is not believed to be credible. The nature of the threat was not disclosed by investigators. According to the department, parents and residents are being advised to avoid going to the school or calling the police while they continue to investigate. This is a developing story. Check Daily Voice for updates. Want breaking …
Anti-Semitic Threats Made Against New Brunswick School Administrator On Instagram: Prosecutor Anti-Semitic Threats Made Against New Brunswick School Administrator On Instagram: Prosecutor
Anti-Semitic Threats Made Against New Brunswick School Administrator On Instagram: Prosecutor A teenager has been arrested for making violent, anti-semitic threats against a New Brunswick school administrator on Instagram, authorities said. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced that a juvenile male has been taken into custody and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would constitute false public alarm, terroristic threats, and bias intimidation. On Thursday, Sept. 7, the New Brunswick Police Department received a report detail…
Man Attacks, Threatens Property Manager With Knife In Yorktown: Police Man Attacks, Threatens Property Manager With Knife In Yorktown: Police
Man Attacks, Threatens Property Manager With Knife In Yorktown: Police A 71-year-old man faces charges after allegedly attacking the property manager of the Northern Westchester apartment complex where he lives and threatening them with a knife, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, Sept. 6 just after noon, when police responded to the Wynnwood Oaks apartment complex in Yorktown at 1292 East Main St. for a reported fight between a resident and the property's manager.  According to Yorktown Police, responding officers found that the resident, identified as 71-year-old Wayne Watkins, had punched the manager in the head and body after a verb…
Applebee's Employees Threatened By Stun Gun-Wielding Woman, Teen In Anne Arundel, Police Say Applebee's Employees Threatened By Stun Gun-Wielding Woman, Teen In Anne Arundel, Police Say
Applebee's Employees Threatened By Stun Gun-Wielding Woman, Teen In Anne Arundel, Police Say Some patrons at an Anne Arundel County Applebee's were treated to dinner and a show on Sunday when a woman and teen threatened to "shoot the place up," police say. Officers were called to the restaurant on Brandermill Boulevard in Gambrills to investigate reports that a juvenile had physically assaulted an employee during an altercation. The incident was called in at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27.  Things then escalated, according to investigators, and as the 13-year-old was attacking the employee, Megan Lynn Miller, 33, of Curtis Bay, who was with her, took out a stun gu…
Daughter Of Late Combat Veteran Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police Daughter Of Late Combat Veteran Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police
Daughter Of Late Combat Veteran Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police A grieving naval officer’s daughter from Bergen County who’s been involved in a court battle with the local veterans home made what New Jersey State Police allege were credible threats against two public officials following her father’s death. Amy Johnson, 54, of Westwood, had initially “voiced her dissatisfaction with the court’s decision" over a power-of-attorney request, says a State Police complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. She initially left email and voice messages that the NJSP said mentioned two public officials by name and were “concerning, harassing and threatening i…
Public Masturbator Admits To Sex Offenses Near Elementary School, Threatening Neighbors In DC Public Masturbator Admits To Sex Offenses Near Elementary School, Threatening Neighbors In DC
Public Masturbator Admits To Sex Offenses Near Elementary School, Threatening Neighbors In DC A serial masturbator with a penchant for lewd incidents in Washington, DC has admitted to separate incidents near an elementary school where children were walking, federal authorities announced. Derrick Jones, 54, pleaded guilty this week for masturbating in public near Bancroft Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, and then making aggressive threats towards neighbors who implored him to stop. According to court documents, on April 3, Jones was caught by a neighbor pleasuring himself outside their apartment building, which is a block away from the school. The neighbor - who was with her 11-…
Bank Robbing Imposter Who Threatened To Blow Up Tellers With Bomb In DC Convicted: Feds Bank Robbing Imposter Who Threatened To Blow Up Tellers With Bomb In DC Convicted: Feds
Bank Robbing Imposter Who Threatened To Blow Up Tellers With Bomb In DC Convicted: Feds The 65-year-old bank robber who disguised himself as a DC Department of Transportation worker and threatened to blow up tellers with a bomb has been convicted by a jury, federal authorities announced. District resident Mark Stubblefield was found guilty on all counts for robbing and threatening to blow up the Truist Bank branch at Dupont Circle in Northwest DC. On Oct. 20, 2022, prosecutors say that Stubblefield disguised himself and marched into the bank on Connecticut Avenue NW, where he threatened to blow up bank tellers while demanding cash. Fearing for their lives, the tellers compli…
Aaron Hernandez's Brother Threatens To Shoot Up UConn, Makes Other Threats: Feds Aaron Hernandez's Brother Threatens To Shoot Up UConn, Makes Other Threats: Feds
Aaron Hernandez's Brother Threatens To Shoot Up UConn, Makes Other Threats: Feds Dennis Hernandez, brother of the former NFL player Aaron Hernandez of the New England Patriots, has been slapped with federal charges after allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at the University of Connecticut, officials said.  Hernandez, also known as “DJ Hernandez” and “Jonathan Hernandez,” has been charged with interstate threatening and stalking offenses, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Friday, July 28.  According to federal officials, on both Thursday, July 6, and Friday, July 7, Hernandez, a 37-year-old Bristol resident, communicated wit…
Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI
Paroled NJ Bank Robber Threatened 'Mass Shooting' At One Bank, Bomb At Another: FBI A convicted bank robber failed to hold up a bank in Elizabeth by threatening a "mass shooting" and then succeeded at another in Springfield by placing a device in front of a teller that he said was a bomb, federal authorities said. Sufyan A. Abdullah, 54, of Newark, handed the teller in the first bank a note on July 8 "claiming to have multiple firearms and threatening a 'mass shooting'," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He left empty-handed, the U.S. attorney said on Thursday, July 20. Abdullah, formerly of Paterson, entered the second bank on July 15 and "placed an object which he…
Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes
Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes The Essex County Sheriff's Office is hoping a new reward will allow them to find the people responsible for recent bias crimes that have plagued West Orange. The sheriff office's Crime Stoppers Program is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the vandalism at Harper's Café and the threatening phone call another business owner received last week.  Suspects twice smashed a window at Harper's Café in West Orange on Wednesday, July 12 and Thursday, July 13, because they were flying a pride flag, authorities said. Blac…
Bucks High Schooler Threatened Teacher Over Bad Grade, Cops Say Bucks High Schooler Threatened Teacher Over Bad Grade, Cops Say
Bucks High Schooler Threatened Teacher Over Bad Grade, Cops Say A Bensalem High School student will face criminal charges after authorities claim she threatened her teacher.  Township police were called to the school, 4319 Hulmeville Road, to investigate reported threats on Wednesday, June 14, the department said in a release.  Officers worked with school district administrators and learned the student, 15, was "responsible for the threat because she was upset about her grade in class." The student had no access to weapons and the teacher was "not in any immediate danger," police noted.  The Bucks County District Attorney's Office i…
SWAT STANDOFF: Drunken Man Barricades Himself In Philadelphia Basement With Gun (DEVELOPING) SWAT STANDOFF: Drunken Man Barricades Himself In Philadelphia Basement With Gun (DEVELOPING)
SWAT Standoff: Drunken Man Barricades Himself In Philadelphia Basement With Gun (Developing) A drunken man armed with a shotgun barricaded himself in the basement of a home brought a large police presence to the scene in Philadelphia Sunday, June 4. The man reportedly threatened an elderly woman around 4 p.m. on the 15100 block of Milford Street and then refused to come outside, city police said. A barricade was declared just after 4:05 p.m. after the victim was able to escape. The scene was active as of 4:40 p.m.
Nazi Flag Found In U-Haul Truck Intentionally Rammed Into Barrier Near White House Nazi Flag Found In U-Haul Truck Intentionally Rammed Into Barrier Near White House
Nazi Flag Found In U-Haul Truck Intentionally Rammed Into Barrier Near White House Police in Washington, DC say that a teen intentionally crashed a U-Haul into a security barrier near the White House on Monday night. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, May 22, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said that the driver of a box truck struck the gate on the north side of Lafayette Square near 16th Street. The driver was later identified as Missouri resident Sai Varshith Kandula, who was arrested and charged by US Park Police investigators. The truck has been deemed safe by @DCPoliceDept & preliminary investigation reveals the driver may have intentionally str…
Lynn Man Threatened To Put '2 Bullets' In Heads Of Former BJ's Co-Workers: DA Lynn Man Threatened To Put '2 Bullets' In Heads Of Former BJ's Co-Workers: DA
Lynn Man Threatened To Put '2 Bullets' In Heads Of Former BJ's Co-Workers: DA A 52-year-old man from the North Shore is facing charges for threatening to kill two BJ's employees after he was fired from the store for stealing this week, officials said.  David Brown, of Lynn, was charged with threatening to commit a crime, threatening a business, threats involving the use of a firearm, and two civil rights violations after appearing in Chelsea District Court on Thursday, May 4, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports. Brown apparently made threats against two of his former co-workers when he called the BJ's on Ward Street in Revere on Wednesday, May …
Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit
Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit A 2021 candidate for the Allegheny County Council pulled a gun and threatened members of the Plum Borough GOP Committee, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Eric Philip Casteel, a 62-year-old Cyber Security Architect also threatened three members of the Republican Committee— Mike Doyle, former US Congress nominee and current Plum council president, Paul Dern, current council vice president and Gerard "Jerry" Purcell, who is running for Plum council— at the Plum Community Center on Center New Texas Road on Thursday, April 27, 2023, around 8 p.m., according to the affid…