A 26-year-old Missouri man seen in a social media video licking items at a Walmart to mock fears of the coronavirus pandemic was arrested and charged with terrorist threats.
that said it received calls from local residents as well as people overseas in the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom to report the video.
"We take this incident very seriously especially with this infectious disease and the state that the country is in," Lt. Justin Unger told NBC News."We take these things seriously to protect our community.” A criminal complaint states that Pfister"knowingly caused a false belief or fear that a condition involving danger to life existed" by posting the video online. He appeared in court on Wednesday and is due back in May.A New Jersey man was charged with making a terroristic threat and harassment after he allegedlyNew Jersey's attorney general said George Falcone, 50, was asked by the employee to step back but instead he leaned forward and coughed in the worker's face.
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