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Threats Against Boston Children's Hospital Leave Doctors Concerned for Family Safety
Boston Children’s Hospital is warning staff of increased threats of violence over the surgical care it offers to transgender youth.
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Boston Children's Hospital Facing Online Harassment Campaign
The hospital became the target of activists in recent weeks who made a variety of false claims about its treatment of young transgender people.
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Police Investigating Threats Made Outside Norfolk School
Police in Massachusetts will maintain a visible presence at Norfolk Public Schools this week after threats were allegedly made toward students at one of the district’s schools on Monday. Norfolk Police Chief Charles Stone and Superintendent Ingrid Allardi say school officials and the police department are working together after someone allegedly made threats of violence outside of the Freeman-Kennedy...
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Dedham Man Charged With Threatening Interracial Couple
A Dedham man has been charged in federal court with threatening an interracial couple after they announced their engagement online.
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Mass. Man Charged With Harassing Interracial Couple Who Announced Engagement
A Massachusetts man posted racial epithets, crude language and threats of physical harm in response to an interracial couple who had announced their engagement on Facebook, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Stephen M. DeBerardinis, 45, of Boston and Dedham, is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday. An email seeking comment was left with his federal public defender. “Today’s arrest…
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NY Man Who Threatened to Kill Top Democrats in Capitol Riot-Linked Videos Found Guilty
A social media agitator was convicted Wednesday on federal charges of threatening to kill members of Congress, a verdict that rejected his claims it was harmless rhetoric.
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NYC Man Threatened to Kill Current, Ex-U.S. Politicians and Fox News Figures: Feds
A New York City man could face years in prison after being arrested for allegedly threatening politicians and conservative broadcasters, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Rickey Johnson, also known “Nigel Dawn Defarren,” was arrested Thursday night based on a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court charging Johnson with with making threatening interstate communications, which carries a maximum sentence of five…
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Man Arrested for Threats to Biden, Harris Left at Maryland Home With Yard Signs
A Maryland man faces federal charges for threatening former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris in a letter he left outside a home with Biden/Harris signs in the yard, prosecutors say. James Dale Reed, 42, of Frederick, was charged with threatening the Democratic candidates, the Justice Department said Wednesday. He was allegedly caught on a doorbell camera...
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NH Teachers Threatened Over Remote Learning Plans
Amid the debate on reopening schools, teachers in one New Hampshire school district are being targeted with online threats, according to the state teacher’s association.
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Teen Allegedly Threatened Mass. High School on Social Media: PD
A high school student in West Newbury, Massachusetts is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened other students on social media. Police said Tuesday a sophomore at Pentucket Regional High School was arrested after authorities were notified about social media posts in which the suspect allegedly made threats to commit a violent act at the school.
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Man Who Threatened Boston Globe Employees Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison
The California man who threatened to kill employees of The Boston Globe has been sentenced to four months in prison. Federal prosecutors had recommended that Robert Chain serve 10 months. The Los Angeles man was arrested in August 2018 after he made 14 calls threatening the lives of Globe staff because the newspaper called on media organizations to denounce President...
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Prosecutors Want 10 Months for Man Who Threatened Boston Globe Journalists
Federal prosecutors are recommending that the California man who threatened to kill employees of The Boston Globe be sentenced to 10 months in prison. In a Monday court filing, prosecutors also recommended that Robert Chain pay the Globe more than $16,000, the amount the newspaper spent on additional security expenses following his threats. The Los Angeles man was arrested in...
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Juvenile Suspect to Make Court Appearance
A juvenile New Hampshire suspect arrested over the weekend for allegedly making threatening phone calls to two Boston gay bars could appear in court as early as Monday afternoon, authorities said. The suspect, who has only been identified as a 16-year-old boy from Hampton, New Hampshire, is accused of making threatening phone calls earlier this month to Alley Bar in...
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Man Arrested Made 14 Threatening Calls to Boston Globe
The man allegedly said in a phone call to the Boston Globe, “I’m going to shoot you in the [EXPLETIVE] head later today, at 4 o’clock. Goodbye.”
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New Hampshire Man Charged With Threatening to Harm Police
A New Hampshire man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly threatened to harm members of a local police department.
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Man to Plead Guilty to Threatening 2 Boston Mosques
A Massachusetts man charged with threatening to burn two mosques the day after the terror attacks in Paris is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday.