Suspect arrested after FEMA pauses Hurricane Helene work in North Carolina over threats

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A suspect has been arrested and charged with threatening Federal Emergency Management Agency workers over the weekend that forced the federal agency to pause Hurricane Helene assistance operations in some North Carolina counties.

William Jacob Parsons, 44, of Bostic, N.C., was arrested and charged Saturday with Going Armed to the Terror of the Public, a misdemeanor offense, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday.

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