A juvenile has been arrested for making threats targeting the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness in Beaver Dam. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says a juvenile suspect has confessed to sending the threats and will be referred to juvenile authorities. Schmidt says on Sunday morning two separate elders of the Kingdom Hall received text message threats while at their homes. The threats indicated the meeting and congregation were going to be blown up Sunday. The elders who received the threats, are involved in the Spanish-speaking meetings that occur at that location. The threats were sent from a “spoofed” phone number, preventing direct contact/identity of the sender of the threats. However, the investigation was able to determine the device used to spoof the number, and eventually the suspect. The threats made were determined not to be hate crimes directed towards any religion or ethnicity. The building was searched with a dog trained in explosive detection and no explosives were found. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the investigation by the Fond Du Lac County Sheriff’s Office, Madison Police Department, Sun Prairie Police Department, WI Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
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