A 'heavily armed' man is accused of threatening to kill Jewish officials in Michigan, authorities said.
Michigan attorney general says she was target of"heavily armed" man accused of threatening to kill Jewish officialsA Michigan man has been arrested after using social media to threaten to kill Jewish members of the state's government, according to an FBI affidavit . Michigan's attorney general, Dana Nessel, said on Twitter Thursday that she was told that she was one of the targets of the"heavily armed" suspect.
In this March 18, 2019, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel attends an event in Clawson, Mich. The FBI flagged these and other comments that Carpenter made to the Detroit FBI office on Feb. 18. An investigation into the tweets identified Carpenter, and the FBI found that he had had a personal protection order filed against him earlier in February. He had also been arrested for assault in December and owned three registered handguns.
The morning of Feb. 18, Carpenter posted that he would be"coming back to Michigan, still driving with expired plates. You may want to let everyone know, and Wayne County sheriff as well, any attempt to subdue me will be met with deadly force in self-defense," the affidavit says.
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