Man Accused of Threatening Oregon Lottery Headquarters

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Published: 11 July 2018

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police arrested a man accused of threatening to kill people at Oregon Lottery headquarters.

Capt. Tim Fox says an email sent to the lottery office in Salem on Tuesday contained an imminent threat to shoot people. Within hours, detectives arrested 42-year-old Jason Ouellette of Lebanon, Oregon.

or lottery threat ouellette jason intro Jason Ouellette booking photoHe was booked into the Marion County Jail on a charge of menacing. It was not immediately known if he has retained an attorney or will be appointed one at his first court appearance.

The booking records at Marion County Sheriff's Office currently list him as released with his status as pretrial.

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