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NewsSeptember 11, 2023

A Cape Girardeau man is in custody after allegedly making a terroristic threat involving a school. A social media post from Cape Girardeau Police Department states Patrick Rayford, 58, has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, a felony, after he allegedly said he would return to a school in the 1000 block of Linden Street and “start shooting”. The alleged threat occurred about noon Friday, Sept. 8...

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Patrick Rayford
Patrick Rayford

A Cape Girardeau man is in custody after allegedly making a terroristic threat involving a school.

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A social media post from Cape Girardeau Police Department states Patrick Rayford, 58, has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, a felony, after he allegedly said he would return to a school in the 1000 block of Linden Street and “start shooting”. The alleged threat occurred about noon Friday, Sept. 8.

The post states Rayford was being held without bond.

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