Feds accuse Niles man of threatening family over Facebook
Federal authorities have charged a Niles man for alleged threats made to three people on Facebook.
According to an FBI affidavit, two people who posted Facebook comments about a February 9, 2020 shooting in Youngstown received the following responses threatening them and their families.
“..hide your family to f---ing slob. That slut in your profile picture is going with you.”
“How’s that: Still being a p---y behind that cell phone?? Thought so. When that b---h dumps you, she’ll be at my house before you even get out of the hospital.”
“God I would spray his whole family down with an AR. I hope I see this little boy with his family in the park someday. Teach him the lesson he never got from his parents."
“Lol I LOVE HOW QUIET THEY GOT WHEN THEY REALIZED HOW BAD HE F---ED UP (laughing emoji’s) that s—t is irrefutable, you racist f---ing hicks!”
According to the affidavit, the wife of one of the other two victims found the following message:
“Hide you husband, you ugly slut. Here I come.”
The FBI identifies the alleged victims only with the initials" A.W.,"" C.R.," and "K.W."
A Federal Grand Jury subpoenaed Facebook and Sprint phone records and traced the threats to 25-year-old Caleb Hall of Niles, according to the affidavit.
A federal complaint was filed charging Hall with interstate communication of threats.
Hall, who appeared Friday before a U.S. District Court Magistrate in Youngstown, is free on $20,000 bond pending another court hearing set for September 23.