Cody Pfister was held in Warren County jail after being charged with a terrorism offence
WARRENTON (Missouri, US), March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US man has been charged with making a terrorism threat after allegedly filming himself licking items in a supermarket saying ‘Who’s afraid of coronavirus?’
Cody Pfister, 26, was arrested after a video of him mocking the disease, which has killed over 100,000 people worldwide, sparked outrage around the globe.
Footage from a Walmart in Warrenton, Missouri, shows the suspect taking off a face mask and running his tongue along with items on the shelf while looking at the camera.
An on-screen caption reads: ‘I’m a nasty moths f***er’.
Authorities in Warrenton said they received complaints from people as far away as the Netherlands, Ireland, and UK, helping them track the culprit down.
A police statement said: ‘We take these complaints very seriously and would like to thank all of those who reported the video so the issue could be addressed’.
Court documents say Pfister ‘knowingly caused a false belief or fear that a condition involving danger to life existed’ and accuse him of acting with ‘reckless disregard of the risk causing the evacuation, quarantine or closure of any portion’, according to local media. — NNN-AGENCIES
