Fall River man arrested after making social media threats

February 20, 2019 1:01 pm

By News Staff

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FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) – A Fall River man has been arrested after making terroristic threats towards an individual and a business.

Fall River Police received a complaint around 2:30 p.m. alleging that 31-year-old Joseph Anctil had posted threats against the complainant and the city of Fall River.

According to Police the threats Anctil made included “‘to make bombs, to blow up a former employer, to blow up the city car by car, to buy a gun, to kill the receptionist at the employment agency that hired him and fired him two weeks later.”

Anctil decribed in graphic detail his plans, naming a target individual he planned to kill as well as a target business that he threatened to blow up.

After viewing the social media posts, Fall River Police located Anctil at his residence and took him into custody on charges of Stalking and Terroristic Threats.