NEW YORK — Frank R.
James, 62, was arrested on Wednesday after calling the New York Police Department’s tip line on Wednesday to say he was inside a McDonald’s restaurant in Manhattan, The Associated Press reported, citing anonymous sources.
In his videos, James said he completed a machine shop course in 1983, The Associated Press reported.
James was raised in the Bronx but mostly lost touch with his family as he grew older, his sister told the Times.
Police said James also had been in New Jersey in the early 1990s and again in 2007 on charges of trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
A search of James’ Philadelphia storage unit and apartment turned up at least two types of ammunition, including the kind used with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, a stun gun and a blue smoke canister.
James then headed east from Fort Wayne and uploaded a video on March 21 in Pittsburgh.
He warned Adams that his program might slow down gun violence and a mental health epidemic, “but you aren’t going to stop it.
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