Suffolk County Police today arrested a man for threatening mass harm at an Islandia casino last week.
Joshua Hurt wrote a comment on a travel website on July 30 threatening to bring a gun to Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel, located at 3635 Express Drive North, with the intent of hurting the staff at the gaming facility.
Following an investigation by Fourth Precinct Crime Section and Anti-Crime Unit officers, Hurt was arrested today on Straight Path in Dix Hills. Hurt, 28, of 135 N. 28th Street, Wheatley Heights, was charged with Making a Threat of Mass Harm, a class B misdemeanor. He is being held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 7.