{"id":54037,"date":"2023-09-12T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54037"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:28:12","slug":"maine-man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-racial-slurs-and-threatening-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54037","title":{"rendered":"Maine Man Arrested for Allegedly Using Racial Slurs and Threatening Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>Federal officials stated that a Maine man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for sending a threatening voicemail to a neighbor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">According to the indictment, Charles Allen Barnes, 47, of Lewiston, allegedly used an interstate communications service to transmit a voice message. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">He used racial slurs and stated that he was outside a neighbor\u2019s residence and would kill any Black person who emerged. Barnes also allegedly chose the neighbor as the object of the offense because of the neighbor\u2019s race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">According to the indictment, &#8220;Specifically, defendant Charles Allen Barnes used an internet-based multimedia messaging service to transmit a recorded message to D.F., in which he stated: &#8216;I&#8217;ve been parked outside (K.T.&#8217;s) apartment since early this f..king morning, sis. Waiting for someone to step outside, and the first one who does is gonna die. Just like that. I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s her kid, or her, or her boyfriend. I don&#8217;t care, I don&#8217;t care. I&#8217;m killing me a n&#8230;.r.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span class=\"file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2023-09\/barnes_indictment_september_12.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\">barnes_indictment_september_12<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/embeds\/video\/responsive\/97-a7544489-9638-4c27-a914-3f00edbb482e\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Barnes is charged with one count of violating the federal interstate threats statute. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The FBI Boston Division investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheila W. 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