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Suspect arrested for allegedly threatening FEMA employees in NC [Video]

A North Carolina man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly threatening harm against FEMA employees responding to Hurricane Helene, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested and charged with Going Armed to the Terror of the Public, a misdemeanor, Capt. Jamie Keever said in a news release issued Monday.“Parsons was armed with a handgun and a rifle,” Keever said.The sheriff’s office began investigating Saturday after receiving a call that a man “made the comment about possibly harming FEMA employees working after the disaster of Hurricane Helene in the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock area.”Parsons was found later that day after investigators received information about the color and license plate of his vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office.Parsons was arrested in his car outside a grocery store that is functioning as a storm relief site, Keever said.Parsons is now free on a $10,000 secured …

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