SOUTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot up a Washington County polling place on Tuesday.
Christopher Queen allegedly arrived at the South Franklin Fire Hall just after 8 a.m. and told workers he was promised a gun and money if he voted “straight party,” poll workers told Channel 11.
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Poll workers say he became angry when they told him he wasn’t registered to vote and allegedly threatened to come back shooting, according to a criminal complaint.
Queen has been charged with felony terroristic threats.
BREAKING: Man arrested for threatening to shoot up a Washington County polling place. Witnesses told me an elderly poll worker was shaking uncontrollably after he left.
— Cara Sapida (@WPXICara) November 6, 2018
State police just caught the suspect, I’ll have more details shortly.
At his arraignment on Tuesday, Queen told the judge he does not own a firearm and is not a danger to the public.
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