Tampa Bay Times

Tampa dentist arrested after making more than 100 online threats, FBI says

By Jack Prator,

2024-06-20

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0e63nO_0txthPjk00 — A Tampa dentist is under federal investigation for making more than 100 threats of injury or death to multiple people, officials say. Richard Kantwill was arrested Tuesday in Pinellas County and is being held without bond. [ Courtesy of Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ]

A Tampa dentist accused of sending online threats to multiple people, including a politician, was arrested Tuesday in Pinellas County.

Federal investigators said Dr. Richard Kantwill sent hundreds of online messages threatening injury or death, even after U.S. marshals with the FBI told him to stop. Kantwill, 60, faces three counts related to interstate transmission of a threat to injure.

In a motion for a pretrial detention hearing, state attorneys urged a federal judge to hold Kantwill without bond until his trial begins, saying he poses a danger to the community.

Court records also presented a few of the threats made by Kantwill....

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