Federal prosecutors take over case against man charged with threatening Virginia church

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Federal prosecutors take over case against man charged with threatening Virginia church

Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a Northern Virginia man arrested last year on suspicion he was about to embark on a mass shooting at a megachurch. Local prosecutors in Prince William County on Tuesday dropped charges against Rui Jiang, 35, of Falls Church, including a charge of attempted aggravated murder against multiple persons. That clears the way for his prosecution at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, where Jiang was r…