BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Victor Casillas, 34, will be arraigned before a federal magistrate Wednesday on charges that he invoked the Las Vegas shooting, in which 58 people were killed on Oct. 1, to extort a Colorado business.
The complaint against Casillas quotes at least eight threatening messages Casillas is accused of sending. “GET READY FOR A LAS VEGAS REPEAT (Final Warning),” a message sent on Oct. 4 said. "I I STILL HAVE NOT RECIEVED MY GOD DAM FLTNDS.....ASSHOLES . . . WELL GET READY 4 LAS VEGaspart2 ....MAYBE TODAY YOU WILL MEET YOU MAKER."
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