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Absecon Terror Plot Foiled: Twin Brothers Arrested in NJ for Allegedly Threatening to “Shoot ICE on Sight” and Target DHS Official

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NJ Twins Arrested for Social Media Terror Threats Against DHS and ICE Officials, Including Plot to Torture Assistant Secretary!

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Absecon NJ, Violent Rhetoric Leads to Arrests in Absecon, NJ. A serious security incident unfolded in Absecon, New Jersey, this week with the arrest of twin brothers, Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores. The men were apprehended by a joint operation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and local police after allegedly posting extreme terroristic threats against federal law enforcement officials on social media.

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Dumont High School Put on Lockdown on Monday after Social Media Threat

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February 27,2018

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Dumont NJ, a high school student was taken into custody on Monday after a reported social media threat prompted a lockdown and a Bergen County SWAT team response.

Dumont police say that the threat was made by a 15-year-old Dumont High School sophomore and the school was then placed on lockdown. The Bergen County SWAT team responded to the school along with police from Dumont and surrounding towns.

The lockdown happened around lunchtime yesterday. They said that they first thought that it was a drill. They hid under desks and inside classrooms. Photographs and videos posted on social media show large groups of students inside the gym and out on the athletic fields.

Police taking no chances ,the lockdown comes nearly two weeks after a deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.

According to Dumont Police Chief Michael Conner a gun was recovered at the student’s home. It wasn’t clear whether the weapon belonged to the student. No weapons were found at the school

The Dumont Public Schools sent a message to parents saying the student was taken into custody at about 1:15 p.m. and the lockdown was lifted.The student’s name has not been released due to his age.Classes are expected to resume normally Tuesday.