From Cleveland.com:
A Cleveland man faces federal charges after authorities say he threatened to kill Social Security employees after he didn’t get his emergency disability check.
Aharon Meir Michoel Schur, 39, went to a Social Security Administration office twice and called the administration’s hotline several times to get his October check delivered to a new bank account, according to court records.
When that didn’t happen, he made several threats— including threats to kill that he made on the phone and while he was at the Social Security Administration’s office on Waterloo Road in Cleveland, according to court records. …
On Sept. 30, Schur went to the Waterloo Road office to update his direct deposit information to a new bank account, according to court records.
He hadn’t received his check by Oct. 6 and called the administration. The call was recorded, and an employee in Arizona told Schur that he needed to go in person to an office and take steps to obtain a “dire need” payment.
Schur became upset during the call, saying that the delay put him and his son in dire need of money and that he may not be able to pay his rent, court records say. …
He said on the call several times that he was going to attack workers at the Waterloo building and burn the building down, court records say.
“Play with my m-------------g family, I will kill everybody over my family and their well being, ma’am,” he said, according to court records. “I don’t give a f—k if this is a recorded line.”
Schur made the threats while driving to the office, according to court records.
He told the employee on the phone that he arrived at the office, that he was going to kill everyone inside and wanted her to stay on the phone so she could listen to it, court records say.
Employees at the Waterloo Road office didn’t know of the threats until after Schur left, according to court records. A security guard stopped Schur after noticing he was yelling on the phone, court records say.
An employee ultimately reissued the payment to Schur’s new bank account. …
2 comments:
This administration has made federal employees one of its scapegoats. I commend my fellow coworkers for making the public their priority in difficult circumstances. 👏
It seems like a huge failure on the part of the teleservice center that they were told the person was heading to a specific SSA office and didn't contact the office, Federal Protective Services, or local authorities. What is the procedure supposed to be--does it need to be changed, or does it just need to be followed? Thank goodness nobody was injured or killed as a result of the lapse.
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