A man accused of making a threatening phone call to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s office may face a felony charge.
A Shawnee County prosecutor told a judge Thursday that her office is considering a criminal threat charge against a 37-year-old man who was arrested at a Topeka motel Wednesday. The man, a construction worker whose last known home was Columbia, Mo., had his first court appearance by video conference from the local jail.
District Judge Steven Ebberts set the defendant’s bond at $25,000. The Associated Press is withholding the man’s name because no criminal charges have been filed.
His arrest was 1 of 2 unrelated incidents Wednesday in Topeka. In the other, police found a pickup with homemade bombs in a parking lot near the Statehouse. The owner was arrested.