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Bucks County man accused of making online threats against Biden, Harris arrested at Pa. campsite
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
A Bucks County man was arrested at a campsite Friday after police say he made threats on Facebook against President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and other prominent Democratic party officials.
Kris Kinsey, 61, of Upper Black Eddy, was wanted in Ohio and was taken into custody by the Pennsylvania State Police in Bucks County, according to the Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin.
Troopers went into a wooded area off of Sunday Road in Durham Township and arrested him, NBC 10 is reporting.
At the campsite, police found a semiautomatic handgun, a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, reports indicate. Kinsey is prohibited from having a gun, according to reports.
Kris Kinsey, 61, was arrested at a campsite in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in connection with a series of threats allegedly made against Democratic leaders on his Facebook page. Authorities found a semiautomatic weapon at Kinsey's Durham Township campsite.
Updated on January 18, 2021 at 2:11 pm
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Pennsylvania State Police arrested a man accused of making Facebook threats against President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and other prominent Democratic political figures at a Bucks County campsite.
Troopers went to the wooded area off Sunday Road in Durham Township Friday morning to serve an arrest warrant on Kris Kinsey for terroristic threats, state police said Monday. The Elyria Police Department in Ohio had alerted Pennsylvania police to the alleged threats.
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Images, messages and videos posted on Kinsey’s Facebook page threatened violence and death toward Biden, Harris, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, police said. The posts also allegedly threatened supporters of the Democratic leaders.