Missouri man charged with terrorist threat after allegedly coughing on Dollar Store customers
04/01/2020 4:11 pm PDT
via WDAF:
CUBA, Mo. (WDAF) -- A 33-year-old eastern Missouri man is charged with making a terrorist threat after police say he intentionally coughed on customers at a store and wrote "COVID" on a cooler.
Crawford County authorities say John Swaller was arrested and charged Tuesday, the St. Louis Post Dispatch first reported. A clerk at a Dollar Tree store in Cuba told police he was coughing toward customers and had breathed on a cooler before writing "COVID" on the inside.
TRUE CRIME DAILY: Coronavirus-related crime coverage - TCD
Cuba Police Chief Doug Shelton says it is unknown if Swaller has the coronavirus. The store was closed and sanitized after the incident.
MORE:
