Millbrae: Man arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats

MILLBRAE A man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to attack a person at a church event agents disclosed The -year-old resident of Belmont faces a charge of criminal threats for allegedly threatening violence against a specific person at a church mass scheduled for Sunday at Our Lady of Lebanon Church according to a press release from the San Mateo County Sheriff s Office Threats against anyone representing a place of worship is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus noted in the press release I am thankful for the neighborhood member that alerted our office allowing us to swiftly take the suspect into custody keeping our neighborhood safe A locality member had announced a social media post made by the suspect that included specific threats toward a member of Our Lady of Lebanon Church The same person stated police that the suspect had a history of harassing a church organizer which sparked sustained fear and concern for attendee safety leadership disclosed The church is located on the block of El Camino Real in Millbrae executives added Deputies responded to reports of the threatening statements around a m Friday and arrested the suspect at his residence leadership disclosed He was also served with a Gun Violence Restraining Order which prevents him from owning firearms Related Articles A closer look What s behind San Jose s extraordinarily high homicide clearance rate Martinez man s disability payments were canceled after horrific crash So he became a cocaine dealer San Jose Ex-councilmember Omar Torres sentenced to years for child sex conviction Nvidia faces trial over engineer s stolen code oops moment -year-old Santa Clara woman accused of church arson deemed unfit for trial The Sheriff s Office is continuing to investigate the development officials noted The happening was also released to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center The suspect was booked into Maguire Correctional Facility Anyone with further information about this happening is questioned to contact the Sheriff s Office at - -