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'I'm Going To Shoot Up My School,' Said PA Teen On Video Game Chat: Police 'I'm Going To Shoot Up My School,' Said PA Teen On Video Game Chat: Police
'I'm Going To Shoot Up My School,' Said PA Teen On Video Game Chat: Police A 14-year-old in Coaldale Borough is accused of making a violent threat in an online chat, authorities say.  "I'm going to shoot up my school," the teen allegedly wrote to other players in a gaming session.  Borough police said they were notified of the threat by state police and the FBI on Tuesday, Jan. 9 around 3:30 p.m.  Authorities said they tracked the IP address associated with the user account to a house in Coaldale and spoke with the homeowner. The 14-year-old "confessed to the incident" and was charged with making terroristic threats, police said.  "Currently,…

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by Mac Bullock
News
UPDATE: Man Who Texted Threat To 'F*cking Kill' Minorities At NJ Mall ID'd, Arrested, Charged UPDATE: Man Who Texted Threat To 'F*cking Kill' Minorities At NJ Mall ID'd, Arrested, Charged
Update: Man Who Texted Threat To 'F*cking Kill' Minorities At NJ Mall ID'd, Arrested, Charged A disturbed man who threatened to kill minorities at a New Jersey mall was charged with making terroristic threats and held for a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said. Frank Passaro, 66, of Hasbrouck Heights wasn't carrying any weapons when Paramus police arrested him without incident in the north parking garage at the Garden State Plaza early Friday afternoon, Feb. 18, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. Joseph Rinke said. None were found in warranted searches of his vehicle and home, nor does Passaro have any weapons registered to him, said Rinke, the officer in charge of the departme…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says
Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says “F*** you and your dead son. I’ll kill you right now, I don’t give a f***,” a Phillipsburg man allegedly said while pointing a gun at a family who had gathered at an Easton park to hold a balloon release for a deceased relative last week. Quahmir Conley, 19, fled from Riverview Park on Lehigh Drive in Palmer Township after making the negative statements and threatening to shoot the family as the mother was holding a 1-year-old and mourning her son’s death on May 18, LehighValleyLive reports. Conley was later arrested in Pohatcong and will be charged upon extradition with making terroristic …

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by Valerie Musson