Man arrested over alleged violent threat against Fema staff in North Carolina

William Jacob Parsons accused of going armed to the terror of the public' as Hurricane Helene relief workers targeted

A man accused of threatening violence against Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) workers responding to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina has been arrested, according to authorities.

William Jacob Parsons, 44, faces a charge of going armed to the terror of the public" after his arrest in Rutherford county, the local sheriff's office said in a news release on Monday.