Pembina County Man was arraigned on a federal indictment

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(KNOX) – A Pembina County man was arraigned on a federal indictment after a grand jury charged him with two counts for threatening a number of state and federal officials.

Charles Dalzell, 46, was indicted for the federal crimes of influencing a federal official by threat and interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure.

He was previously arrested and charged by criminal complaint after he allegedly emailed the threats to U.S. Attorney referencing the violent shootings, two fatal, of two legislators and their spouses the day before in Minnesota.

According to legal records, the new indictment said that the email Dalzell sent also, “contained a threat to kidnap and injure” North Dakota state officials.

They included North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, and North Dakota District Judge Kari Agotness.

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