Texas man, Nicholas Paul Amrine, arrested for terroristic threats on Facebook
A Fort Worth, Texas man was arrested last week after making some rather frightening threats on his Facebook page against a group of people at the Convergence Church. He was charged with a 3rd felony county of Terroristic Threat-Intent to Influence, according to the arrest warrant.
19-year-old Nicholas Paul Amrine used his Facebook account to make the threats against the unnamed kids. An Associate Pastor with the Ft. Worth based church went to police with concerns over the messages.
On June 3, Amrine posted on his Facebook page the following:
All the kids that forgot about me are going to get what they deserve. I may have been hesitant in the past but next time u see me I will not hesitate about anything. It will be over in a flash, it will be over in a bang, u will see my face, and then nothing else ever again. U may not even remember my name but u will remember my face. Then u will try to apologize but there will not be any time for u to talk. U had your friends and u did fun things but u did not invite me even once. I am not just mad. I am on fire and this fire is going to end it all. U will never have a chance to leave someone alone again. U say u love others but really u love only those who fit into your circle and u never talk to the misfits. The misfits will all live except for me. But the ones that get what they deserve, will… And that includes me. All the pain I cause will end in the end for all of us except those who are already left out. Then they can be the leaders! They will have the circle. And they will do things right because they really do love others. But I won’t let people like you ruin this generation. I will end this hypocrisy. They will do it right because they have a pure heart and u are all faking that u do. Your heart is more evil than mine because u are selfish and ignorant! People like u will ruin our generation so I won’t let that happen. I have to make a statement to this country. I must end hypocrisy once and for all!!!!!
Numerous other hateful rants were posted on June 2, which included one that ended with, “I dont forget people who wronged me, like [censored] he will never get a chance to read this because he will be dead by me before this is discovered.”
In addition, the police report (obtained by local media) states that witnesses say that Amrine said in a text message he planned on carrying out a mass shooting of “13 people like Columbine” on 7/22/15 at 910.
There was also a picture of him holding a weapon with the caption “Run up on me. I dare ya.”
He apparently had issues with the church itself, in a review he writes:
I have gone here since February of 2003 and here is my final review.
BEWARE: people at Convergenc
Convergence Church has a congregation of some 600 or more people during a normal service.
After being released on bond, Amrine apologized using the same medium he issued the threats with:
I apologize to everyone for what I said back on June 3rd.
That is not who I am and I would never do such a thing. The things I posted on Facebook were wrong and I should have never done that.
I love people and I would never hurt myself. I would never hurt other people or animals.
Please forgive me for being so cruel.
Sincerely, Nicholas Paul Amrine.
Two days later he writes: It doesn’t feel like a free country knowing I could be going to prison for up to 10 years over a Facebook post…