May 2, 2013 |
\nA Massachusetts high school student faces felony charges for allegedly posting on social media rap lyrics that police say amount to terrorist threats, the Valley Patriot reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe posted a threat in the form of rap where he mentioned the White House, the Boston Marathon bombing, and said \u2018everybody you will see what I am going to do, kill people,\u201d said Joe Solomon, who is police chief of Methuen, a city in north Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
According to a press release from the Methuen Police Department, 18-year-old Cameron D\u2019Ambrosio posted the alleged threatening rap on Facebook. Police investigated the teenager after one of D\u2019Ambrosio’s classmates reported to Methuen High School authorities the \u201cdisturbing verbiage\u201d on his Facebook page. The press release notes that the alleged threats \u201cwere in general and not directed towards another person or the school.\u201d <\/p>\n
According to the Eagle Tribune, D\u2019Ambrosio was charged with communicating a terrorist threat and faces up to 20 years in jail. He is being held on $1 million bail. All this, for writing some scary rap lyrics on Facebook. <\/p>\n