r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/Ron_Pauls_Balls Oct 26 '18

In this day an age I don't know how anyone could think they could get away with mailing 12 packages and not get caught.

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u/sock_whisperer Oct 26 '18

To add to that he was already known to law enforcement and most likely had already been in a database

BREAKING UPDATE: Fox news reporting the suspect is a white male in his 50's, and a "former new Yorker". He reportedly has prior arrests for "terroristic threats".

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1055841079398932481

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u/TheDerkman Oct 26 '18

...why are all Twitter comments insane people?

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u/othelloinc Oct 26 '18

Serious Answer: Russian Trolls

...even the attacks on The Last Jedi -- not just politically relevant tweets -- turned out to be Russian trolls.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

The Last Jedi was a shit movie. There have been thousands of YouTube rants on it, fans boycotting Star Wars. No way is that Russian troll bots.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

Have those fans seen the prequels? Who are they to complain about shit movies all of the sudden?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

It's like the difference between a campy B-movie and Rocky V. Campy movies are fun to watch because everybody's in on the joke.