South Carolina Man Arrested For Hate-Based Threats To Kill Hispanic News Reporter And Her Family

By DOJ News Photos: Video Screenshots Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced Friday that Austin Suman was arrested after he made a series of violent and hate-based threats to a news reporter, threatening to kill her and her family, as well as blow up her house.  Suman was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this morning and will be brought to the Southern District of New York to be presented in White Plains federal court. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “The charges against the defendant demonstrate our resolve to work at lightning speed to neutralize threats against the press—which serves a vital role in our democracy.  To any individual who dares to cross the line and make hate-based threats against members of our press: you will be found, and you will be held accountable for your actions.” FBI Assistant Director in Charge James E. Dennehy said: “Austin Suman allegedly made numerous threats and ethnic slurs to a local news reporter to file a personal grievance against her for her previous...