SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Federal marshals have arrested a man wanted on suspicion of threatening to kill a south-central Missouri judge, sheriff and their families.
Lonnie Richardson, 50, was arrested Monday in rural Laclede County near Lebanon, where he had barricaded himself in a small camper, according to a news release by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Authorities said Richardson is accused in a federal warrant of tampering with a judicial officer and making a terroristic threat. Investigators said he threatened to kill a Wright County judge, sheriff and their families on Feb. 4.
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