Social-media videos allegedly threatened people at archdiocesan offices, prompting an evacuation and police search.
A Missouri man has been charged after authorities said videos posted to TikTok contained threats against people working at offices of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Jeremiah Robinson, 32, of Ste. Genevieve was charged September 16 with making a terrorist threat, a Class D felony under Missouri law that carries a possible sentence of up to seven years in prison.
Prosecutors allege that videos posted September 15 threatened people at the archdiocesan offices and showed the property. The FBI alerted the Shrewsbury Police Department, and employees were evacuated while officers and bomb-detection dogs searched the site. Authorities said no explosive device was found.
Robinson was being held on a $10,000 cash bond, according to published reports.
Archdiocese spokesman Brian Mulvihill thanked law-enforcement officers for their response and said the church was praying for an end to hatred and violent threats on social media.
The allegations have not been proven in court, and Robinson is presumed innocent unless convicted.
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