<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2KWmh8_0wAgxdgj00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2KWmh8_0wAgxdgj00" width="1005" height="900" ><figcaption>William Jacob Parsons, 44, of Bostic, N.C., in a jail booking photo after he was arrested and charged on Monday October 14 (Photo: Rutherford County Sheriff's Office)</figcaption></figure><p>A man accused of threatening violence against Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) workers responding to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina has been arrested, according to authorities.</p><p>William Jacob Parsons, 44, faces a charge of “going armed to the terror of the public” after his arrest in Rutherford county, the local sheriff’s office said in a news release on Monday.</p><p>The law enforcement agency added that Parsons had a rifle and handgun on him at the time of his arrest and was released later that evening on a $10,000 bond pending the resolution of the case.</p><p>Read the rest of the story at The Guardian.</p></div></body>

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Man Arrested Over Alleged Violent Threat Against FEMA Staff in North Carolina

A man accused of threatening violence against Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) workers responding to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina has been arrested, according to authorities. William Jacob Parsons, 44, faces a charge of “going armed to the terror of the public” after his arrest in Rutherford county, the local...