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. …

A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson was arrested in St. Louis and will appear in federal court in Missouri on Friday afternoon on a charge of cyberstalking, authorities said.