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An armed North Carolina man was taken into custody after allegedly threatening federal disaster workers providing aid in western parts of the state following Hurricane Helene .
Members of a Federal Emergency Management Agency task force search a flood-damaged area in Asheville, North Carolina, on Oct. 4.Authorities said they received a description of the suspect’s vehicle and found Parsons, who is from the town of Bostic, armed with a handgun and rifle. He was taken into custody at a supermarket where a FEMA bus was parked but not occupied by workers, according to the Times.
“Misinformation will not deter us from helping people, period,” she said. “This is what we are here to do, and I want to set the story straight.”Federal workers have recently faced a number of threats related to the spread of false allegations and misinformation, largely by former PresidentNorth Carolina Gov.
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