Benton woman arrested on cyberstalking charges after Facebook threat

A Benton woman found out the hard way that threats made on social network websites are taken seriously by law enforcement.

Amy L. Brown

Amy L. Brown

Amy L. Brown, 33, has been charged with cyberstalking after she threatened bodily harm to a school administrator on Facebook. The Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office filed information that state that Brown “communicated a threat of future bodily harm” directed at the school administrator.

The information filed also stated that Brown threatened to “kick her (administrator’s) teeth down her throat and make her suffocate on them.”

Brown, who allegedly created the Facebook page on March 21 according to authorities, was arrested on April 20 and posted $750 cash bond. She was also ordered not to have any contact with the school administrator.

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