A 19-year-old St. Thomas man is charged after a threat to kill police officers was posted on social media.
St. Thomas police say a concerned citizen called them just before 12:30pm on Tuesday after spotting a violent Facebook post on the University of Virginia’s page. The post said a man was planning to kill 13 officers.
The investigation took police to a St. Thomas address where police allege a male suspect admitted to posting the threat as a joke.
A 19-year-old man is charged with uttering threats to cause death and breach of probation.
He is being held in custody, pending a bail hearing.
