Officers Arrest 2 Suspects, Recover 2 Firearms after Online Threats to Pokemon World Championship

[muriel_volestrangler]

On Thursday, August 20, 2015, members of the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) received information from private sector public safety personnel at the Hynes Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street in District D-4 (South End) regarding threats of violence made over social media to attendees of the Pokemon World Championships.

Security officers at the Hynes, officers in District D-4, and the BRIC immediately began investigation into these threats, and hours later, the two male suspects were stopped attempting to enter the event. BRIC and D-4 Detectives responded to further investigate. Detectives were informed that the suspects had driven to the event from Iowa and were in possession of several firearms in their vehicle. The suspects could not produce a License to Carry. Officers seized the vehicle, and the suspects were released pending a search warrant.

On Friday, August 21, 2015, detectives received and executed a search warrant for the suspect vehicle. Upon execution of the warrant, detectives recovered one 12-gauge Remington shotgun, one DPM5 Model AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife. An arrest warrant was issued for the two suspects.

With the assistance of the Saugus Police Department, BPD detectives located and arrested the suspects at a Saugus hotel. Eighteen-year-old Kevin Norton and 27-year-old James Stumbo, both of Iowa, were arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and other firearm related charges. The suspects will be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court.

http://bpdnews.com/news/2015/8/23/keeping-boston-safe-officers-arrest-two-suspects-recover-two-firearms-after-bpd-notified-of-online-threats-to-pokemon-world-championship?rq=pokemon

Kevin Norton, 18, and James Stumbo, 27, were arrested on several firearm-related charges. The official Pokémon site lists Kevin Norton and a James Stumbo, both from the U.S., as invitees in the “masters division” of the world championships of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

http://kotaku.com/boston-police-arrest-two-armed-men-who-allegedly-threat-1726000452

Fuck knows what they were thinking of.

[Hoppy]

1. The operative word in your summation is "thinking." 'Nuff said.

[47of74]

2. Losers

[bottomofthehill]

3. I am shocked that there is a Pokemon world championship

and further shocked that there is a masters division......

[renegade000]

4. idiots

I doubt this was a planned "massacre" that was stopped as some stories are portraying it, but it's clear these two deserve to be prosecuted for weapons charges. I mean, you can't joke about killing people at a major event (posing with your weapons no-less), without thinking that it might be in the realm of possibility that you might be stopped and questioned by authorities. And to not take the time to learn about what the gun laws are in the areas you're going to be traveling to, especially after advertising to the whole world that you have said guns in your possession...