On September 11th, Zachariah M. Peterson, a Beaverton, Oregon
resident, WMA, age 29, was arrested by federal and local authorities and lodged
in the Multnomah County Jail. He is
currently being held on $100,000 bail and charged as an x-felon in possession
of a gun – in this case several guns.
Other charges are reportedly pending.
This case interests me because of the stunning allegations
that Peterson intended / threatened to go to a local school (a Christian middle
school) and “mow down” the teachers with which he had grievances.
He has been arrested, but the resulting charges and bail, as
well as the news coverage – so far – seems minimal.
“The investigation began Thursday (9-10-15) when state
police received an email from the host of an unidentified online community
forum.”
True’s note: The online forum has now been identified as ‘General
[M]ayhem.’ I had not previously heard of
said forum. I did check it out – a gathering
of assorted nuts, in my opinion.
However, I’m glad this forum has an adult monitoring it with the good sense
to report the psychotic posting of Peterson.
“The email alerted police about a disturbing post made on
the forum site at 1:50 a.m. Sept. 4 by someone who claimed to have attended a
Christian middle school as a youth and suffered abuse at the hands of teachers
and administrators.”
“The poster wrote of planning to enter the middle-school
building… catch each one of the abusive teachers and mow them down with a
shotgun, according to a federal criminal complaint…”
“…the poster would enter the elementary school building and
execute as many abusers as possible along with personnel in the administrative
office, the federal affidavit said.”
True’s note: I suppose it could be inferred that students
present at the time, and injured or killed, would incidentally and merely constitute inadvertent collateral damage.
“The federal agents and state police traced the online post
to an IP address…”
“On Thursday… the alleged poster, Zachariah M. Peterson,
allowed investigators into his home. There, police located four firearms and
ammunition. Peterson also admitted he sent the threatening online post and was
taken into custody.”
“Oregon State Police arrested Peterson. He was booked into
the Multnomah County Detention Center at 1:17 a.m. Friday on a federal
marshal's hold and accused of a single allegation of felon in possession of a
weapon. Investigators also seized his firearms.”
** Above quoted information from an article written by The Oregonian reporter, Maxine Bernstein
on 9/12/15.
More to follow…
True Nelson
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