Topeka — Police have arrested a Columbia, Mo., man suspected of phoning in a threat to the Kansas governor's office from a motel in Topeka.
Capitol Police spokesman Patrick Saleh said the 37-year-old man was being held in the local jail after his arrest on suspicion of harassment by telephone.
Authorities said the man phoned Gov. Sam Brownback's office Wednesday morning. Saleh said the man's remarks were threatening enough that the office contacted police, and the man was arrested within minutes of making the call.
Saleh said the man has no permanent address but his last known home was Columbia, Mo.
Authorities say the incident was not connected with another one in which several homemade bombs were found in a suspicious pickup in a parking lot near the Statehouse.
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jackpot (anonymous) says…
Crazy arrest him and find bombs in another car on the same day. Wonder if the bombs were set to go off or just in the car?
CardHawkFan (anonymous) says…
Surprise, surprise...someone from Missouri is threatening someone from Kansas, and from Columbia no less!
goodcountrypeople (anonymous) says…
The creepers in the KU HR office have been known to make false police reports about" threats" in retaliation toward workers who have legitimate complaints about HR malfeasance. This phone harassment statute seems to be often misused and overly broadly interpreted in cruel southern-justice ways in vicious KS, though I'm sure in the case of bomb threats or violence it might be justified. The government is supposed to support free speech and honor protected speech, so I hope when they point fingers at citizens half their digits are not directed back at the true offender -- their own dirty, corrupt selves.
jaywalker (anonymous) replies…
A bit of citation would certainly help such a ridiculous post. Just sayin'.
Mike_Gerhardt (anonymous) replies…
Sounds as nutty as Smitty! Seek help! Soon!
Fluffhead (anonymous) says…
Rumor has it, that good ole Brownie is going to make this fella write an apology letter.
Agnostick (anonymous) says…
Wow, somebody's "Mr. Popularity!" #heblowsalot
deec (anonymous) says…
He was probably upset because a bunch of Kansans are immigrating to Missouri to escape Brownbackistan.
BigDog (anonymous) says…
Nutjob ..... Columbia, Missouri .... coincidence???
Did_I_say_that (DIST) says…
"Police have arrested a Columbia, Mo., man suspected of phoning in a threat to the Kansas governor's office from a motel in Topeka."
It seems that there may be some validity to the threat since he drove to Topeka to make the phone call. Unless it is common practice for Missourians to drive to the town they are calling in order to save long-distance charges.
Andini (anonymous) replies…
Maybe he just didn't want to make a long distance call.
JackMcKee (anonymous) says…
Obviously he's losing patience on Brownbacks progress towards wrecking Kansas
beatrice (anonymous) says…
He should absolutely be arrested. I don't care what political party someone is. Making threats to elected officials is serious business.
Liberty275 (anonymous) says…
I wonder why Bozo hasn't posted.
tomatogrower (anonymous) says…
Maybe he just needed a place to stay until it gets warmer. Or he didn't want to pay his motel bill.
Gandalf (anonymous) says…
How about Evilsam releasing the phone recording? Then we can judge if he told a threat...or just the truth.
SinoHawk (anonymous) replies…
I'm guessing that there is no recording. We are talking about Brownback, not Nixon.
Gandalf (anonymous) says…
Don't know. But a lot of call centers record phone calls by computer automatically. Or they can be recorded by a push of a computer key. I'm sure Evilsam's calls are not. But his phone staff probably are.
gotmylimitofjhawks (anonymous) says…
Really? A Columbia, Mo. man? Really? He could have spent a week there after living his whole life in Lawrence/Topeka...we don't know.
Of course a fine journalistic organization like LJ World couldn't pass on a chance to write this headline...tremendous job guys/gals.