Man charged with threatening mass casualty event at Army-Navy game

TUCSON, Ariz. — A person accused of threatening a “mass casualty occasion” at a university soccer sport in 2023 is in federal custody in Arizona and awaiting extradition to Rhode Island, in response to federal authorities.

Andrew Buchanan, 38, is accused of calling the threats in by mobile phone earlier than the Military-Navy sport on Dec. 8 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Based on a legal criticism, the FBI reported receiving a tip that Buchanan allegedly informed a member of the family they might see him on the information and there could be a mass casualty occasion at Gillette Stadium.

The Military-Navy sport was performed with out incident in entrance of greater than 65,000 soccer followers and authorities had been in a position to observe the decision.

Buchanan can be accused of creating threats to shoot up the campus of Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island, just a few days after the soccer sport. A pupil admissions worker reported that decision.

Prosecutors stated Buchanan is going through one felony depend of interstate threatening communications, which carries a most penalty of 5 years in jail and $250,000 in fines.

Buchanan — a former resident of Burrillville, Rhode Island — was arrested on July 31 in Tucson, Arizona, the place authorities stated he was homeless.

Courtroom paperwork present that after his arrest, Buchanan waived a subsequent listening to in federal courtroom in Tucson and a choose ordered his return to Rhode Island to face expenses in U.S. District Courtroom in Windfall.

Federal authorities stated Tuesday that the extradition shall be dealt with by the U.S. Marshals Service, however there’s no particular timetable.

Calls to the Marshals Service and to the general public defender representing Buchanan in search of touch upon the case weren’t instantly returned Tuesday.