Suspect arrested for threatening judge, leading police on car chase

William Daniel Seyfried, 43, was arrested and faces multiple charges after being accused of threatening a judge and leading police on a chase Tuesday morning.

Seyfried faces charges of Assault on an Officer, Threat to Discharge Destructive Device; Resisting Arrest; Intimidation (Threat to harm a Judge); Threat to Bomb (Manufacture, possess hoax bomb); and Hit-and-Run.

Following the report of a threat on social media, undercover detectives and major crimes unit opened in investigating into the man who went on Facebook Live to broadcast his threats towards the judge.

Law enforcement was monitoring the man’s social media and that is what led them to the residence where the active scene was taking place on Tuesday.

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