Politics · October 9, 2026
Arizona man arrested after allegedly emailing Tucson news station plans to bomb the White House
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Jacob Aaron Hicks, a 46-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested and charged with making an interstate threat to injure. Federal officials allege Hicks sent an email on September 23 to a local Tucson television station claiming there would be an 'imminent bomb strike' against the White House and other locations in Washington, D.C. The news station alerted law enforcement, leading to an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service. Investigators reportedly found additional email drafts containing similar threats addressed to other news organizations.
Jacob Aaron Hicks, a 46-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested and charged with making an interstate threat to injure. Federal officials allege Hicks sent an email on September 23 to a local Tucson television station claiming there would be an 'imminent bomb strike' against the White House and other locations in Washington, D.C. The news station alerted law enforcement, leading to an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service. Investigators reportedly found additional email drafts containing similar threats addressed to other news organizations.