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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Memphis police arrest man after allegedly threatening to ‘butcher' churchgoers with a machete: police
2025-03-24
[FoxNews] Zachary Liberto, 30, was charged with Commission Act of Terrorism and is being held on a $200,100 bond

A man was arrested after police say he allegedly threatened to "butcher" church attendees at a Memphis Catholic church.

The Memphis Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that Zachary Liberto, 30, was arrested following a verbal altercation with the priest about defacing the baptismal pool inside the church.

On Friday, officers responded to St. Louis Catholic Church on reports of a complaint from the priest and church's music director about threats made by Liberto.

Officials said Liberto sent an email threatening to cause mass causalities among churchgoers.

The victims also told police that they do not know what caused Liberto to send the email, but said that they both believe he suffers from an unknown mental illness.
And there it is. Good that they arrested him before he acted on the need to kill.
Officials said that both men said that Liberto is also known to have a machete he refers to as "chete" and that he claims to also have a firearm as well, but noted it has never been seen. The victims added that Liberto also stays in a homeless encampment.
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  I feel safer walking Chicago's streets than I do in Memphis, Mercutio.
Posted by: Mullah Richard    2025-03-24 10:22  

#4  Ah, Memphis. Tennessee's very own Chicago.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-03-24 09:36  

#3  "But enough about the police... what did the man do?":

Englishing be hard! I am glad that as an American, I was born speaking English and did not have to go to the trouble of learning it. And lucky for me, it turned out to be our planetary language instead of Esperanto.
Posted by: SteveS   2025-03-24 09:14  

#2  Though them ratting themselves out like that is pretty "man bites dog."

Fox knocks chopper copper caper: paper
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-03-24 08:51  

#1  "But enough about the police... what did the man do?": grammar nazis.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-03-24 08:45  

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