Man Accused Of Threatening Super Bowl With ‘Big Bang’
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James Joyner | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
Man Accused Of Threatening Super Bowl With ‘Big Bang’ (Local6 – J’ville)
A man accused of leaving voice mail on the City Council president’s phone saying “killing 100,000 people would get people’s attention,” was arrested Thursday, accused of making a bomb threat. “It was quite threatening toward the Super Bowl and making sure it didn’t happen,” Council President Elaine Brown said of the long message left at her office Tuesday afternoon. The message began, “Hi Elaine.”
A man who said his name was Albert Strickland left a cell phone number police traced to Jacksonville resident Albert Ray Strickland, 56. He was charged Thursday with threatening to discharge a destructive device — a felony. No bomb was found in his Hyde Park home. In the message, the man said Jacksonville didn’t deserve the Super Bowl and said he wanted the mayor, city council and members of law enforcement to resign. He said police had tried to kill him several times. In the message, the man described himself as a scientist intent on stopping the Super Bowl, that he believed in the Big Bang theory and was “obsessed with the size it needs to be.”
The police report indicated that officers who interviewed Strickland said his voice matches that in the recorded message. Strickland is being held at the Duval County jail and is scheduled for a first appearance Friday afternoon.
Obviously, this nut wasn’t actually going to bomb the Super Bowl. But these bizarre cries for help certainly don’t help anything, given the strain huge events like this put on the infrastructure of a city–especially one unaccustomed to them.
Apropos of nothing, Strickland sure looks a lot like Claude Akins.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Hmmm.
Guy's a pretty good ringer for Jerry Orbach, too.
Except for the being a nut part.
I was thinking Harrison Ford, without the good looks.
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