Pennsylvania fantasy football competition leads to fake threats of violence, federal and foreign investigation
Federal and foreign authorities have launched investigations after a fantasy football tournament in Philadelphia got out of hand and a disgruntled player falsely accused other participants of plotting a violent attack. Department of Justice prosecutors announced Wednesday that 25-year-old Matthew Gabriel pleaded guilty to two counts of interstate and international threatening communications. Authorities said a […]
Two dozen Florida school students arrested after allegedly making threats since start of academic year
The Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida has arrested 24 public school students for allegedly making written or online threats since the start of the school year, authorities said. Polk County Schools Superintendent Fred Hyde announced the shocking number of arrests at a press conference Thursday, just weeks after the deadly shooting at Apalachee High […]
What began as a fantasy football feud ended with a Pennsylvania man pleading guilty to federal felony charges in regard to an international incident involving bomb and mass shooting threats.
What began as a fantasy football feud ended with a Pennsylvania man pleading guilty to federal felony charges in connection with a fake cross-border mass shooting threat and a fake domestic bomb threat. Philadelphia player Matthew Gabriel got into an altercation with a member of his fantasy football league in a group chat in August […]
Philadelphia man made bomb, mass shooting threats in fantasy football feud
A 25-year-old Philadelphia man went too far in a fantasy football dispute and ended up pleading guilty to federal charges. Matthew Gabriel was responsible for sending two false tips to authorities in Norway and Iowa after claiming that another member of his fantasy league was planning to commit a mass shooting in Norway and “blow […]
State Dept. Refuses to Condemn EU Censorship Threats
The Biden-Harris administration is refusing to publicly condemn the European Union for threatening free speech in the U.S. over interviews with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on social media platforms, according to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. According to a letter from Jordan to Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
Sean Hannity: The threats against Trump are very real
Fox News host Sean Hannity said,Hannity” Sean Hannity: The threats against Donald Trump are very real. The lack of urgency, the lack of accountability at the Department of Homeland Security, and frankly the entire Biden-Harris Administration is beyond terrible. Kamala Harris in 'danger zone' in battleground states, CNN data reporter says: National polls 'don't matter' […]
Small Springfield college moves classes online, cancels athletic events due to bomb threats
Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, decided to move classes online and cancel on-campus activities from Sept. 16-22 following a threat the school received on Monday, a campus spokesman said. caveat. The cancellations come in response to false claims by former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), that Haitian immigrants in Springfield […]
Springfield mayor: Trump visit would be 'an extreme strain' on city resources following threats
Springfield Mayor Rob Lew said a visit by former President Trump would be “extremely taxing” on the city following unfounded claims by the former president and vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), that Haitian immigrants were eating residents' pets. “That would put an extreme strain on our resources, so I'm OK with them deciding […]
CNN’s Dana Bash Spread Foreign Disinformation About Springfield Bomb Threats
Proving once again that she's not only a left-wing reporter, but a really terribly lazy reporter, it's now been revealed that CNN's Dana Bash was spreading foreign disinformation in connection with over 20 bomb threats that hit Springfield, Ohio. Springfield, a town of just 58,000 people a few years ago, is now a town of […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says Springfield bomb threats are ‘hoaxes’ coming from ‘overseas’: ‘One particular country’
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, said Monday that a series of recent bomb threats targeting the city of Springfield were all “hoaxes,” some of which originated from “certain countries” overseas. The 77-year-old governor told reporters Monday that police have responded to at least 33 bomb threats against government offices, schools and medical centers in […]