Man Arrested For Threatening FEMA Workers Reveals Misinformation-Driven Motive: ‘They’re Refusing to Aid Our People’
A man arrested in North Carolina on charges that he was making threats to FEMA workers spoke to a local news station about his motive, which was evidently based on the rampant misinformation that was spread after Hurricane Helene.
Man arrested for threatening FEMA workers speaks out
William Jacob Parsons, 44, defended his alleged actions at a Federal Emergency Management Agency site in storm-battered Lake Lure, N.C.
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Law enforcement officials, already alerted to the potential threat, arrested Parsons at the scene. He was charged with “going armed to the terror of the public.” At the time of his arrest, Parsons was said to be armed with a handgun and a rifle.
'I didn't threaten anybody': NC man accused of threatening FEMA workers responds to charges
Deputies arrested North Carolina man, William Parsons, 44, after they said he posted online threats against FEMA employees and arrived at a site armed with a rifle. Parsons has since bonded out and is facing charges related to the incident.
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"They were all armed, open carry not guns drawn, but they had surrounded them and there was a lady there that was yelling and threatening them."
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