BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. — A man accused of mailing a fake grenade to the Beaver County Courthouse, prompting an evacuation, is now also accused of sending a threatening letter to the Beaver Falls Jail, police said Tuesday.
Authorities say that 10 days after Raymond Raichel, 64, admitted to sending a fake grenade through the mail to the Beaver County sheriff and caused the evacuation of the courthouse, he's done it again.
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This time Raichel admitted to threatening district magistrates and the Beaver Falls Police Department, according to police.
Police paperwork says surveillance cameras caught Raichel in the act, dropping off a letter at the police department.
According to the criminal complaint, the contents of the letter were somewhat confusing and disturbing.
“How would you like a terrorist act in Beaver County?” the letter read, according to the complaint. “The (expletive) is going to hit the fan, I sense it, planning it. Please make my day. Ask Clint Eastwood, I want my weapons back to fight ISIS.”
Officials did not file charges against him when they say he sent the fake grenade.
“We want to make sure we are clear that just because this is legal does not mean it's smart. This is a metal canister that's shaped like a grenade and painted to look like a grenade,” Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier said.
Officers have filed charges in connection with the letter, even though, according to the complaint, Raichel told them that he did not mean to threaten anyone and asked them to shred the note.
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