Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 5:49:38 GMT -6
A North Carolina man was arrested this week after calling U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal's Hartford office and threatening to "shoot his … brains out."
Rowland Edwin Dodge Jr., 62, of Matthews, N.C., was charged Tuesday by the FBI with threatening a federal official.
Dodge called Blumenthal's office about noon on March 9 and asked to speak to the senator, according to a criminal complaint. The intern who answered the phone said Blumenthal wasn't available but offered to assist Dodge.
At that point, Dodge told the intern, "Tell Sen. Blumenthal that if he raises my taxes one cent, just one penny, that I will kill [him]. I will shoot his … brains out." Dodge hung up and the intern reported the call to U.S. Capitol Police.
Read more: www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-blumenthal-threat-arrest-0318-20160317-story.html
Rowland Edwin Dodge Jr., 62, of Matthews, N.C., was charged Tuesday by the FBI with threatening a federal official.
Dodge called Blumenthal's office about noon on March 9 and asked to speak to the senator, according to a criminal complaint. The intern who answered the phone said Blumenthal wasn't available but offered to assist Dodge.
At that point, Dodge told the intern, "Tell Sen. Blumenthal that if he raises my taxes one cent, just one penny, that I will kill [him]. I will shoot his … brains out." Dodge hung up and the intern reported the call to U.S. Capitol Police.
Read more: www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-blumenthal-threat-arrest-0318-20160317-story.html