Daniel HayesAMSTERDAM, N.Y. - The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says they responded to the county Department of Social Services and arrested a man who allegedly threatened to bomb the building after being denied services.
Troopers say 33-year-old Daniel Hayes, of 360 Locust Avenue in Amsterdam, was arrested after they responded to the Montgomery County Department of Social Services in Fonda last Friday, May 4th for a disorderly person complaint. They say after Hayes was denied services he said he was going to "blow up the place with a bomb."
Deputies were able to locate Daniel at a family members
house in the City of Amsterdam,
where he was taken into custody without incident.
After an inspection of
Daniel's property, Deputies determined that Daniel did not currently possess a
bomb, or any bomb making materials.
Hayes is charged with Making a Terroristic Threat, arraigned in the Town of Mohawk Court and remanded to the
Montgomery County Correctional Facility on $15,000 cash bail.
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