A Pennsylvania man is in custody after threatening to kill Long Beach Congressman Robert Garcia, according to authorities.
The threats were allegedly targeted at Rep. Garcia, D-Long Beach, by 43-year-old Richard Griffin, who U.S. Capitol police say has “a history of emailing a Congressional office, as well as various government officials and law enforcement agencies.”
A statement issued by Garcia’s office on Tuesday said the suspect allegedly sent a message to his congressional office, “stating that he was going to travel to Washington, D.C. to kill him.”
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Griffin was spotted by a USCP Rapid Response Team around 12:30 p.m. that day — Election Day — and “was stopped before he could attempt to go through security screening at the Delaware Avenue Door of the Russell Senate Office Building,” according to a news release…