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Police arrested a man in Northern California last week for his alleged involvement in a series of threats sent to Santa Clara Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody throughout most of the new coronavirus pandemic.
Alan Viarengo, a 55-year-old statistics teacher at Gavilan College in Gilroy, faces charges for stalking and threatening a public official. According to an incident report filed by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and acquired by Newsweek on Tuesday, Viarengo’s suspected connection to two dozen concerning letters—mailed to Dr. Cody over a period of five months—also indicated his ties to right-wing extremist group, “Boogaloo.”
Cody began to receive “irate and profane letters, emails and phone calls” after issuing a countywide shelter-in-place order at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in March, the incident report noted. Authorities assigned the health officer a security detail, which consisted of Sheriff’s Office deputies, sergeants, and detectives, as a result.
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Article URL : https://www.newsweek.com/police-arrest-suspected-boogaloo-member-alleged-threats-toward-california-health-official-1529030