"An Illinois man was charged in federal court with threatening on Facebook that people would fire machine guns at a Hannukah event in Thousand Oaks. The event took place days after gunmen slayed 15 people at a Hannukah celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach. In the lead-up to the Chabad of Thousand Oaks' annual Hannukah celebration, a Facebook commenter left a series of terrifying messages saying that people would unleash machine guns at the community gathering, according to federal court records."
"They identified the commenter as 61-year-old Glenn Benson, who lives in the rural village of Onarga, Ill., according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. On Dec. 17, the Chabad of Thousand Oak's 25th annual Hanukkah Family Festival took place without incident, and on Jan. 7, a federal grand jury indicted Benson with one felony count of interstate communications with a threat to injure, according to federal court documents."
In the lead-up to the Chabad of Thousand Oaks' annual Hannukah celebration, a commenter posted messages on Facebook saying people would unleash machine guns at the community gathering. The threats came days after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Chabad Hanukkah event on Australia's Bondi Beach. Ventura County authorities identified the commenter as 61-year-old Glenn Benson of Onarga, Illinois. The Chabad of Thousand Oaks held its 25th family festival on Dec. 17 without incident. A federal grand jury indicted Benson on Jan. 7 for interstate communications with a threat to injure; FBI agents arrested him Jan. 8 and he pleaded not guilty.
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