Ex-Duke Health employee charged with threats of mass violence against university

A former Duke Health employee was arrested this weekend for allegedly making threats of mass violence against Duke University.

Duke University police issued a warrant for 31-year-old Nathaniel Jerrell’s arrest more than five months ago after he threatened his former coworkers and workplace in online posts in October with “bringing a gun or planting a bomb,” according to court documents.

Raleigh police arrested Jerrell on Glenwood Avenue on Saturday night, according to a Wake County inmate database. The Durham resident now faces a felony charge of communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property and is being held in jail on $5,000 bail…

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