Missouri man charged in wave of bomb threats toa

... on Friday with making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish centers. The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Feb. 28, 2017. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and ...

Man arrested, charged with threats against Jewish community centers

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate.

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017.

A former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide, including a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, as part of a bizarre campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and appeared there in federal court Friday on a cyberstalking charge.