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A former intermediate crew member was arrested by authorities after allegedly sending online threats via social media involved US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Jackson Fleming, 23, Chesterton, IndianaAccording to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern Indiana region, the charge is charged with one count of spreading a threat in an interstate communication.
Fleming sent a related message on Friday on suspicion of sending online threats Naval Academy Officials said the day before applying via social media. He was formally indicted on Sunday.
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The alleged threat was distributed Thursday and appears to coincide with the security incident that took place at the academy the same day.
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According to an internal email received by Fox News from Captain David Forman, deputy commander of Midshipmen, A medium crew member He mistakenly believes that authorized enforcement is a threat, and is engaged and injured in the process.
The initial threat allegedly stemmed from a threat on the anonymous chat platform Yodel and was traced to a separate mid-crew member at his parents’ home in the Midwest.
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Although a Naval Academy spokesman said Tuesday to Fox News numbers that they could not comment on the link between Fleming’s arrest and the security incident, they confirmed Fleming was an intermediate crew member at the Naval Academy from June 30, 2021 to January 5, 2024.
The case is under investigation FBI The Navy Criminal Investigation Bureau (NCIS) with the assistance of the Porter County Sheriff’s Office, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Emma Bussey, Jasmine Baehr and Lucas Y. Tomlinson of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
