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Man Charged With Terroristic Threats After Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Up Polling Place

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He allegedly told poll workers he was promised a gun and money to vote “straight party.”

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Christopher Thomas Queen of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats and disorderly conduct after allegedly threatening to open fire at a polling place Tuesday morning. When workers at South Franklin Fire Hall informed the 48-year-old Queen that he was not registered to vote, he allegedly became enraged and threatened to return and “shoot up” the polling place. He allegedly also told workers that he was bribed with a gun and money to vote “straight party.” Court documents do not list an attorney for Queen.

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