Jan 31, 2020

Indictment: Kan. man threatened to use acid on government employees

Posted Jan 31, 2020 12:00 AM

Wichita, Kan. (AP) —Authorities allege in a federal indictment that a man threatened to burn government employees with battery acid.

Roland Keith Vandenberg was indicted Tuesday in federal court on one charge of assaulting, impeding, intimidating and interfering with employees of the U.S. government or one of its agencies.

The charge alleges Vandenberg made the threat last month. Court documents don't identify what government agency the employees worked for or where exactly the incident took place.

The case originated in Sedgwick County. The misdemeanor charges carries a fine of up to a year in prison.