Crime & Safety

Plum Police Charge Man For Threatening Police

Kenneth Robert Aquiline, 26, of Penn Hills is accused of threatening police on Facebook.

 have arrested a man who is accused of threatening police on Facebook.

Kenneth Robert Aquiline, 26, of Penn Hills has been charged with terroristic threats.

According to KDKA, Aquiline posted the following message on his Facebook page on Thursday:

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“I serve in the Marines give all I have for six years. Deployed every chance I got.and gave all I have. I come back and am homeless ask for help and nobody [expletive] cares. They just keep taking and [expletive] me over. I bet if I bet if I put some bullets in some cops that deserve it everybody will care. It will make the news I bet. Well just have to see. Then when everybody asks why im just gonna say well you didnt care then.”

The message has since been taken off of his Facebook. However, other messages remain on his page. They both were posted Thursday. They read:

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"All the pain ive felt is going to be inflicted on others starting today. Others will feel what ive felt. I dont care if they live or not"

"[Expletive] you. [Expletive] everybody. Revenge is coming"

According to Aquiline's Facebook, he is a U.S. Marine Sergeant.He has faced several assault, harassment and drug charges over the last few years.

KDKA reports that Plum police, Penn Hills police and sheriff’s deputies found Aquiline hiding in an abandoned and foreclosed home.

A preliminary hearing before Plum District Justice Linda Zucco has been scheduled for May 23 at 9 a.m.

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