A 70-year-old Clearwater woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly bombarding a St. Petersburg pastor and his congregation with threatening messages, according to the pastor and police. What started as online harassment that the pastor says ranged from hateful social-media posts to explicit threats of violence eventually zeroed in on Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church in south St. Pete. Church members say the ordeal has rattled the congregation and pushed them to seek legal protection.
Pastor G. Gregg Murray told reporters the harassment “started trolling me” and said some of the messages warned that a white-supremacist group would follow him home. Other posts referenced Florida’s open-carry laws, language that heightened concerns about guns. Murray said several…..