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'I Want To Put A Bullet In Your Head' PA Man Gets Jail For Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic Rant 'I Want To Put A Bullet In Your Head' PA Man Gets Jail For Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic Rant
'I Want To Put A Bullet In Your Head' PA Man Gets Jail For Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic Rant A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for making threatening antisemitic, Islamophobic rants over the phone, authorities said. Yaniv Gola, 51, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 22 after being charged for making phone calls threatening to injure, rape, and kill eight different victims, the US Department of Justice said in a news release.  After serving the prison time, Gola will be placed under three years of supervised release, the Department of Justice said. The calls were made between Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 and Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, according to the news release. Gola …

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by Merriell Moyer
Politics
Threats To 'Skin' Political Official Lands PA Man Federal Charges: Indictment Threats To 'Skin' Political Official Lands PA Man Federal Charges: Indictment
Threats To 'Skin' Political Official Lands PA Man Federal Charges: Indictment A 62-year-old man was charged with threatening to kill a representative of a Pennsylvania state political party, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22. John Pollard sent threatening text messages to the political party official on Friday, Sept. 6, according to the USDOJ.  Pollard was indicted for the crime and arrested on Monday, Oct. 21, federal authorities said. The official with the unnamed state political party had previously posted online that they were recruiting volunteers to help observe at the polls on Election Day, according to the indictment. This …

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by Merriell Moyer
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Schuylkill County Man Threatened FBI Agents On Social Media: USDOJ Schuylkill County Man Threatened FBI Agents On Social Media: USDOJ
Schuylkill County Man Threatened FBI Agents On Social Media: Usdoj A 42-year-old Schuylkill County man used social media to threaten FBI agents, authorities said. Joshua Frisch, of Frackville, was sentenced on Aug. 7, to time served (six months) and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Julia K. Munley for one count of Influencing a Federal Official by Threat, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Frisch previously pleaded guilty to threatening federal law enforcement officers, namely FBI Agents, with the intent to interfere with those officers in the performance of their official duties, according to U.S. Attorney…

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by Jon Craig
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Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA
Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA 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…

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by Jillian Pikora
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TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police
TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania 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…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
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…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say
Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say A threat led to the sudden closure of two schools in Bigglerville, according to district officials.  The Upper Adams School District received a threat in the morning on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. "Out of an abundance of caution, the school district will be dismissing school early today to maintain student safety. Biglerville High School & Upper Adams Middle School will be dismissing students at 11:00 a.m. Upper Adams Intermediate School will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m. from the Zion Church in Arendtsville and Biglerville Elementary School students will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m.…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Woman Allegedly Held Hostage For 24 Hours By Ex-Con With Charges In Six Pennsylvania Counties Woman Allegedly Held Hostage For 24 Hours By Ex-Con With Charges In Six Pennsylvania Counties
Woman Allegedly Held Hostage For 24 Hours By Ex-Con With Charges In Six Pennsylvania Counties A woman was allegedly kidnapped, held hostage for 24 hours, assaulted, and had her children's lives threatened by a man with criminal charges in six Pennsylvania counties dating back 30 years, according to court records obtained by Daily Voice.  Richard Clover Young, 52, was "hiding and waiting" outside of the victim's home while she was waiting to be picked up by her sister on Nov. 5, according to the criminal complaint. Young reportedly "tricked" the victim by telling her that he'd drive her in his 2011 Kia Sportage and then bring her back home but he instead made excuses to keep her in h…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man On Bail With Car Full Of Guns, Drug Leads Police On Pursuit In York County: Authorities Man On Bail With Car Full Of Guns, Drug Leads Police On Pursuit In York County: Authorities
Man On Bail With Car Full Of Guns, Drug Leads Police On Pursuit In York County: Authorities A 29-year-old man out on bail led police on a pursuit in York County with a car full of drugs and guns, authorities say. Dar-Kim Steven Pollydore fled from the police as they were investigating on Roosevelt Avenue Tuesday, Sept. 20, according to a release by West Manchester Township police. He committed multiple traffic violations during the pursuit, police allege. He was later captured and charged with four felonies for Possession of Firearm Prohibited, Firearms Not To Be Carried Without a License, Flight to Avoid Apprehension, Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home
Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home An Autistic man threatened a mass shooting after a text fight with his girlfriend⁠— and then police found weapons amassed in his home, according to court documents and the Pennsylvania state police.  Evan K. Etzweiler, 23, of Millersburg, began making threatening statements to his 52-year-old ex-girlfriend and her family on July 26 and continued through August 10, 2022, even though she reached out to the police on Aug. 5 after he posted a photo with a gun on Facebook, according to a release by the state police the following week and court documents.  "Etzweiler had previously made…

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by Jillian Pikora
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SERIAL CALLER: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ SERIAL CALLER: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ
Serial Caller: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ A Midwest woman who once set fire to garbage bins outside a middle school -- and then contacted authorities to confess -- was charged this week with threatening to blow up Ramsey police headquarters. The threat by Amber Schadewald, 24, "led to a search of the building, parking lot and departmental and personal vehicles by Bergen County sheriff's bomb dogs" back in January, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. The subsequent investigation led to Schandewald, who "was believed to be in a group home in Minnesota at the time she made the threat," Lyman said Thursday. Schadewald has a history…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teen Student Charged With Making Threat At Warwick Middle School Teen Student Charged With Making Threat At Warwick Middle School
Teen Student Charged With Making Threat At Warwick Middle School A 14-year-old student was charged with making a threat at a central Pennsylvania middle school, authorities said. Officers responded to the Warwick Middle School on Maple Street in Lititz after they were told the unidentified student apparently made a threat to "commit a crime of violence towards the school population" on Thursday, May 5, Lititz police said. A juvenile allegation was filed against the teen on charges of threatening to use weapons of mass destruction and terroristic threats, according to police.  The student was released to their parents, and they will be summoned…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
MOST WANTED: Warrant Issued For Teen Charged In DelCo Shooting After Detention Center Escape MOST WANTED: Warrant Issued For Teen Charged In DelCo Shooting After Detention Center Escape
Most Wanted: Warrant Issued For Teen Charged In DelCo Shooting After Detention Center Escape A warrant was issued Friday, March 11 for the arrest of a 16-year-old boy charged with attempted murder in the shooting at a Delaware County football game last summer that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility, authorities said. Angelo "AJ" Ford, of Sharon Hill, escaped from an Aspire youth facility sometime between the night of Feb. 24 and the morning of Feb. 25, the Delco Times reports. He also allegedly called his defense attorney's office and threatened to kill them, according to the Sharon Hill Police Department. Ford is also charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses in the Aug. 1…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman
Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman A Trenton ex-con who'd been free all of a month when he threatened a woman with a gun -- after serving time in connection with a killing -- is headed to federal prison for nine years. Omar Kennedy, 40, must serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Kennedy had originally been charged with murder in the September 2016 killing of a 19-year-old city man who was gunned down in an alley. He fled to Virginia, where members of the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force captured him. Essex County prosecutors cut a deal with Kenn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Happy Meal? Virginia Man Threats To 'Blow Up' Pennsylvania McDonalds: Police Happy Meal? Virginia Man Threats To 'Blow Up' Pennsylvania McDonalds: Police
Happy Meal? Virginia Man Threats To 'Blow Up' Pennsylvania McDonalds: Police Customer and employees stopped a man from Virginia who threatened to "blow up" the McDonald's he used to work at, according to a release by police. Azeem Jaleel Burton, 22, of Melfa, Virginia, was arrested after he caused a scene by threatening the safety of employees and customers at the McDonald's he was recently fired from on Friday, according to Old Lycoming Township police. Burton demanded that he receive his back pay right there and then, so when store management explained that his check had been sent to him via certified mail he yell, “get me my fucking money or I’ll come behind th…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Shoots At Police After Texting Threats: Police PA Man Shoots At Police After Texting Threats: Police
PA Man Shoots At Police After Texting Threats: Police When police arrived to arrest a man who was texting threats to someone, he opened fire on them, according to police. Carroll Township police were called to a residence on East Cabin Hollow Road for a report of imminent danger on Nov. 11 around 10:30 p.m., according to a release by police. When the first officer approached the house Kyle Vinscen Kuykendall, 28, of Camp Hill, fired “two rounds from a pistol toward the direction of the marked police car,” as stated in the release. Kuykendall was then taken into custody without further incident, according to police. Through the course of …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Police: Caller Hospitalized After 'Threatening' NJ Congressman Police: Caller Hospitalized After 'Threatening' NJ Congressman
Police: Caller Hospitalized After 'Threatening' NJ Congressman Law enforcement mobilized quickly after a troubled Bergen County man called U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s office apparently threatening possible violence on Thursday, authorities said. Described by responders as a 32-year-old Oakland man, the mid-morning caller told a staffer at the Democratic congressman’s Glen Rock office that he was “aggrieved over the lack of responsiveness he felt he was receiving from various governmental agencies in response to a complaint he had made,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He said he was “on his way” to seek Gottheimer’s help and suggested someone call po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton 'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton
'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton VIDEO: Clifton police provided extra security while investigating a deluge of threatening phone calls Tuesday to the Palestinian American Community Center. “Is this the terrorist community center?” the caller asked during one of more than 30 exchanges with staff that began before noon and continued until nearly 6 p.m. Referring to himself as “Jebediah,” the caller said he lived “next to” the Lakeview Avenue center and was going to “beat your f*****g ass.” “You Palestinians blow up children and behead them,” he said at one point. “I'm going to come rape you and give you a taste of your own …

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by Jerry DeMarco