Myrtle Beach man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill reporter changes plea

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The Myrtle Beach man who allegedly threatened to kill a New York reporter and blow up her house has changed his plea.

Austin Suman had a change of plea hearing in federal court on Wednesday, where he entered a guilty plea to count one of the indictment, which is threatening interstate communications.

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Authorities arrested Austin Suman in November in the Cresswind neighborhood after investigators said he “made a series of violent and hate-based threats to a news reporter, threatening to kill her and her family, as well as blow up her house.”…

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