A North Carolina man has been arrested for allegedly threatening employees with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who were responding to Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the state, said sheriff’s officials.
William Jacob Parsons, 44, of Bostic was arrested and charged with going armed to the terror of the public, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said in an Oct. 14 news release cited by local media reports.
Parsons was armed with a rifle and a handgun when he was arrested by sheriff’s officials, the office told WSOC-TV in North Carolina. He was released on $10,000 bond, officials said. It’s not clear if he has an attorney….