Missouri man charged with phone threats to Georgia mosque
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Missouri man with making threatening phone calls to a mosque in Georgia.
An indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court charges 49-year-old Preston Q. Howard with placing 10 threatening calls to the Islamic Society of Augusta, Georgia, between June and August.
The indictment says Howard phoned in a series of threats to "blow up the mosque" and "shoot and kill Muslims," as well as to "behead" worshippers and set them on fire after dousing them with gasoline.
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U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine is prosecuting the case in the Southern District of Georgia. Court records don't list an attorney for Howard.