Local Man Allegedly Threatened To Blow Up Government Buildings

newarkadvocate.com

A Pataskala man has been arrested for threatening to detonate bombs in multiple government buildings. 

Court documents show 23-year-old Noah McFarland told co-workers at a packaging company he wanted to obtain bomb-making materials with the goal of blowing up a judge's home, a courthouse, a police station and several federal buildings. He is being held on 150 thousand dollars bond. The documents show Mcfarland told  co-workers he was angry at the government for how he was treated following his vehicular assault conviction after a 2014 car crash.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.