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A Ca. Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening a NY Congressman

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3/31/2018 - A general view of the Capitol Building in Washington DC in the United States. From a series of travel photos in the United States. Photo date: Friday, March 30, 2018. Photo credit should read: Richard Gray/EMPICS (Photo by PA Images/Sipa USA) *** US Rights Only ***

 

 

NEW YORK (AP-77WABC) — Federal authorities say they’ve arrested a Northern California man for allegedly threatening harm in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol to family members of New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and a journalist. 35-year-old Robert Lemke was arrested in Bay Point, California, on Tuesday. The retired Air Force  Officer is charged with threatening interstate communications. Lemke identifies himself on a Facebook page as a former captain in the U.S. Air Force and a retired sergeant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in California.

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