Michael Afuwape of Philadelphia was found guilty of terroristic threats and firearms not to be carried without a license following a non-jury trial before Judge Pamela Ruest in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas on September 24, 2013. Police alleged that when a...
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Terroristic Threats Charges for Teenage Video Game Banter
Justin Carter, a 19 year old from Texas, has been locked up in pretrial detention in Texas since March of this year for an insensitive comment he made on FaceBook in an exchange with another player of the online game "League of Legends." In an argument with a FaceBook...
Should Pennsylvania Give “Terroristic Threats” a New Name?
"Terroristic Threats" is such a common offense in Pennsylvania, that pretty much everyone in the Commonwealth has heard of this crime, and most Pennsylvanians have a pretty good idea of what it entails. Pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2706(a)(1), terroristic threats...