A 26-year-old Massachusetts man was taken into custody this past Friday following allegations that he sent a violent threat to a victim over email. Alden Welch Ruml now faces a federal charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce to injure another person.
According to officials, Ruml is scheduled to make his first appearance in a Boston federal court later today to address the indictment.
The investigation centers on an email sent on February 28, 2026. Investigators allege that Ruml targeted a victim with obscene language and a specific, graphic threat of physical violence…