Edward Iannacone, 50, was charged with making terroristic threats and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose following an incident on Wednesday night at the Chester House in Manville, New Jersey. Iannacone entered the bar at about 10:20pm and ordered an orange juice.
When the bar owner told him there the bar did not serve orange juice, Iannacone said, "Don't ever do that to me again," then left the bar, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court. Iannacone returned to the bar about 30 minutes later. He held a pair of five-inch scissors over his head and said he would kill everyone in the bar, the affidavit said.
Iannacone then left the bar, but police had already been called. Arriving officers found him on the sidewalk and several people outside the bar identified him as the man with the scissors, the affidavit said. When Iannacone started walking toward the bar, he was tackled and "disarmed" by police, the affidavit said.
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He wasn't charged with terrorism, Gareth. The charge of "terroristic threats" is defined differently in the States' penal codes.
Terrorist my arse. I grew up during the "troubles" in NI and whilst my heart goes out for the families of those who died, for the rest of us it's not terrorism but little more than a tiresome inconvenience. Some tit with a pair of scissors is more a hazard to themselves than a terrorist.
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