Florida Man Threatening to Contaminate Lewis County Courts With Coronavirus Over a Ticket Referred to City Attorney for Charges

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A Florida man who has allegedly sent emails to Lewis County threatening to contaminate the court offices with coronavirus if they do not drop his ticket is being referred to Chehalis’ city attorney for charges, according to Chehalis Police Department Sergeant Gwen Carrell. 

The man from Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, is accused of  sending two threatening emails to the Lewis County courts, one on Monday and the other on Mar. 16.

In the most recent email, he threatened to mail contaminated items to Lewis County District Court if they did not drop his ticket and in the earlier email, he threatened all of the Lewis County courts and claimed he had tested positive for COVID-19.

An investigation into this matter is ongoing.