A Delaware County man was taken into custody on Wednesday after making a verbal threat to commit arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home, police say.
Richard Franklin, 65, is charged with terroristic threats, ethnic intimidation, harassment and disorderly conduct, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Police said a new unit formed to address threats of political violence arrested Franklin. The threat was made a year after Cody Balmer — a man who prosecutors said was “harboring hatred” toward the governor — hopped a fence and intentionally set a fire that burned the governor’s mansion after the first night of Passover.
Franklin did not act on the alleged threat, and is now in county jail…