Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after school threat 1:42p.m. EST December 16, 2012
A day after the Connecticut school shooting, a man in Indiana was arrested after allegedly making threats against an elementary school near his home.
Meyer, 60, was arrested on charges of felony intimidation, battery and resisting law enforcement
Officers later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden in his home
Meyer allegedly threatened to attack an elementary school, police reports say
CEDAR LAKE, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man who allegedly threatened to "kill as many people as he could" at an elementary school near his home was arrested by officers who later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden throughout his home.
Von. I. Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Saturday after prosecutors filed formal charges of felony intimidation, domestic battery and resisting law enforcement against him. He was being held Sunday without bond at the Lake County Jail, pending an initial hearing on the charges, police said in a statement.
Cedar Lake Police officers were called to Meyer's home early Friday after he allegedly threatened to set his wife on fire once she fell asleep, the statement said.
Meyer also threatened to enter nearby Jane Ball Elementary School "and kill as many people as he could before police could stop him," the statement said. Meyer's home is less than 1,000 feet from the school and linked to it by trails and paths through a wooded area, police said.
Police said in the statement that they notified school officials and boosted security at all area schools Friday — the same day 26 people, including 20 students, were shot and killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
On Saturday, officers served warrants at Meyer's home and arrested him. The statement said police had learned that Meyer kept many weapons in his older, two-story home and "is a known member of the Invaders Motorcycle Gang."
Officers searched the home, finding 47 guns and ammunition worth more than $100,000 hidden throughout the home. Many of the weapons were collector's guns.
Cedar Lake is about 45 miles southeast of Chicago.
A dispatcher with Cedar Lake Police said that the police chief was not available for interviews until Monday.
The inmates are now running the asylum here in NC. I guess the good thing is Walmart pulled the Bushmaster out of their cabinets. I think I'll tell my wife she needs to switch to Ivory soap so I can make it through the check out line faster.
About 2 weeks ago I went grocery shopping at Food Lion and I bought Dove soap but it was in a security box that they had to open at the register.
At Walmart tonight I stopped by the gun section and they had shotgun shells sitting on the shelf.
We're more concerned about people stealing soap in this country then shotgun shells.
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