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Tempe Police arrest suspect behind city council social media threat

This story has been updated to reflect the most recent  information

Tempe Police arrested a woman in connection with a threat that forced the evacuation of a city council meeting last month.

Kathleen Tierney was arrested and charged with one felony count of computer tampering and two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly making a social media threat on Aug. 28 that forced the evacuation of more than 75 people from a Tempe City Council meeting. She was also charged with a misdeameanor of threatening and intimidating that created a public inconvience according to Tempe Police.  

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