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Absolutely frightening': Polk County sheriff says deputy sent texts related to Capitol violence [View all]
https://www.wtsp.com/mobile/article/news/crime/polk-county-florida-deputy-arrested-us-capitol-threat/67-687b9f29-8ff1-4f3a-b0e1-bda405bb8c16'Absolutely frightening': Polk County sheriff says deputy sent texts related to Capitol violence
Peter Heneen, a deputy of six years, is accused of sending threatening messages to a colleague. "Need to make the streets of D.C. run red...," he allegedly wrote.
Author: Andrew Krietz
Published: 3:02 PM EST January 19, 2021
Updated: 6:44 PM EST January 19, 2021
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Words matter, the sheriff said, and the threatening statements a Polk County deputy allegedly made related to violence at the U.S. Capitol were enough to put him behind bars.
A visibly upset Sheriff Grady Judd called the text messages of 29-year-old Peter Heneen, a deputy of six years, "absolutely frightening." Heneen faces a second-degree felony charge of written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.
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