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Prosecutor: Man Threatened To Kill President Obama, School Children

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NEW YORK(AP) – An upstate New York man is accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and elementary schoolchildren in Saratoga County.

Prosecutors say the U.S. Secret Service and local authorities collaborated to arrest Brent Dickinson of Saratoga Springs.

The county district attorney’s office said Saturday the 33-year-old man “intended to murder” the targets of his threatening messages. They said the U.S. Secret Service intercepted two threatening messages posted by Dickinson on a White House message board Friday.

Dickinson was arraigned in Saratoga Springs City Court on charges of making terroristic threats.

He was taken to city jail after bail was set at $50,000. It wasn’t immediately known Saturday whether he had an attorney.

A message left at a number listed for Dickinson’s possible relatives was not returned Saturday.

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(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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  • Barack H O

    Sometimes Michelle and I take turns making sure Bo’s bottom is nice and clean. Its fair to say Bo’s gets his lickings from us every night

  • Bernard Manning

    By writing “multifarious” instead of “many”, you present yourself as an erudite and highly intelligent person, or something.

  • Tori

    Mentally ill… Nobody sane would make those threats.

  • http://daksden.wordpress.com dakotahgeo

    Another demented young soul serving his country behind bars.

  • Susan

    If the man is not outright demented, he’s certainly stupid not to know the repercussions of his threat.

  • THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN

    I CAN IMAGINE THE MULTIFARIOUS REASONS WHY A MAN COULD WISH TO END THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY NATION FOR THAT MATTER:TAXES,WARS,UNREASONABLE LAWS AND DEMANDS,OR JUST THINKING HE MIGHT HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM;SCHOOLCHILDREN,THOUGH,ARE ANOTHER MATTER.WHAT’S BRENT’S ISSUE?WHAT IS HIS HISTORY WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT?CONSPIRACY THEORISTS FIND FACTS IN THE UNLIKELIEST PLACES.ARE THERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DOING RETARD IN FIFTH GRADE?WHAT’S THE BIG SECRET,BRENT?LET US KNOW ONCE YOU’VE CALMED DOWN.

    • Susan

      ALL CAPS REVEREND??

      • http://daksden.wordpress.com dakotahgeo

        Maybe the Rev has optical problems… I HOPE that’s the problem.

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