Man allegedly threatened to kill Michigan AG Dana Nessel, other Jewish officials in Michigan
LANSING, Michigan — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was among those targeted by a man charged Wednesday with threatening Jewish government officials in the state.
A criminal complaint against Jack Eugene Carpenter III was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit, charging the Tipton man with transmitting an interstate threat, a five-year felony.
According to the complaint, Carpenter posted on Twitter in February that he was returning to Michigan within 48 hours and "threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is Jewish in the Michigan government if they don't leave, or confess ..."
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Carpenter, who had allegedly been in Texas when the Twitter post was made and is under investigation for the theft of a handgun, appeared in court Wednesday and has a detention hearing scheduled for Friday.
According to the complaint, Carpenter has three handguns, a shotgun, and two rifles.
"The FBI has confirmed I was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter," Nessel said on Twitter. "It is my sincere hope that the federal authorities take this offense just as seriously as my Hate Crimes & Domestic Terrorism Unit takes plots to murder elected officials."
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Nessel target of alleged threats against Jewish officials in Michigan
