Melvindale Man Charged for Threatening to Kill ICE Agents: 'Can't Escape a Bullet'
Federal prosecutors say Michael Gary Petersen posted threats from January to July and urged followers to shoot officers in the face.
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Melvindale man charged after allegedly threatening to kill ICE agents in months-long online campaign - The Midwesterner
A Melvindale man is facing federal charges after prosecutors alleged he spent months posting online threats encouraging people to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other law enforcement officers, including posts advocating shootings, grenade attacks and threats against a specific ICE agent. Michael Gary Petersen, 41, was arrested July 16 and charged in federal court in Detroit with threatening to assault or murder a federal law…
Michigan man charged with threatening to kill ICE agents
A Michigan man has been charged with threatening to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other law enforcement officers in a series of social media posts, according to federal prosecutors. Michael Gary Petersen, 41, of Melvindale, a suburb of Detroit, was arrested on Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. He is charged with threatening to assault or murder a law enforcement of…
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