Posted on 08/24/2015 7:05:39 PM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
An alleged plot to inflict violence at the Pokemon World Championship was foiled after security officers at the venue where the event was being held alerted the Boston Police Department to a series of threats posted on social media, authorities said.
James Stumbo, 27, and Kevin Norton, 18, both of Iowa, had no prior criminal history before they were arraigned today. They face numerous gun charges after police found weapons in their car parked outside a convention center in Boston.
Norton walked into court wearing a camouflage hunting t-shirt; Stumbo wore a grey shirt. Both are also charged with making violent social media threats and were ordered to be held without bail at their arraignment today. The next court hearing is set for September 1.
The apparent threats were posted on a private Pokemon group and included references to Columbine, the Boston bombings and the Boston Massacre, authorities said, prompting the moderator of the forum to contact the Pokemon Company International, setting off the chain of events that led to law enforcement stopping the men from entering the tournament.
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I guess the police understood they had to catch them all.
“How It Was Foiled”
Law Enforcement is finally paying attention to Social Media?
That AR would never have worked anyway. The magazine is made out of metal.
Dedicated Rent-a-Cops catch the potential Murderers.
Meanwhile NSA 100K a year plus intelligence ninjas are planning the next Brony Convention outing.
Surprised the perps didn’t call themselves Team Rocket(Pokemon reference) Pikachu was always the cutest Pokemon
Some nerds are wrapped a bit too tight
Norton from Ames; Stumbo, Boone (Iowa).
Maybe not Pokémon, but the recent Dota 2 championships saw an American team of 5 take home the Grand Prize of over 6.5 million dollars.
Doesn’t look like they practiced very much with those.
I didn’t even realize people still played Pokimon... much less, get this irate about it.
The first few times I saw this story, I thought it had to be satire.
Probably never had any Rounds besides Factory Test run down them.
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