Man arrested after making threats at protest outside senator's office, police say
Source: CBS News
By KATHRYN WATSON CBS NEWS July 6, 2017, 10:55 PM
Police in Arizona have arrested a man accused of making threats during a protest outside Republican Sen. Jeff Flake's office.
The suspect, 59-year-old Mark Prichard, faces a misdemeanor charge of threats and intimidation Thursday after referencing last month's shooting at a congressional baseball practice that seriously wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, according to a news release from the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona. Flake was present at the Alexandria, Virginia, shooting that left five victims wounded.
Jason Samuels, Flake's communications director, told Tucson News Now that one of the protesters threatened a Flake staffer by saying, "You know how liberals are going to solve the Republican problem? They are going to get better aim. That last guy tried, but he needed better aim. We will get better aim."
The Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona said the comments prompted staffers to call authorities and lock the office doors. Prichard and another protester, 70-year-old Patrick Diehl, were also charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.
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