Cary man accused of threatening to shoot children arrested twice in 24 hours
DEVELOPS, YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT
HERE ON WRAL THIS EVENING.
BACK TO YOU. AND THAT DUKE HAS
WAKE FOREST FOOTBALL GAME THIS
EVENING COULD BE AFFECTED.
FANS TRYING TO GET TO THE GAME.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SLOWED BY
THAT. CHRIS LEA WILL HAVE THAT.
>> PART OF THAT COMING UP IN
OUR SPORTS REPORT. NEW TODAY, A
MAN IN FROM KERRY IS BACK IN
CUSTODY AFTER THREATENING TO
SHOOT CHILDREN IN THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. AUTHORITIES SAID
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND BRIGHT
HORIZON DAYCARE.
>> SO POLICE ARRESTED HIM AT
THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL RIGHT
NEXT DOOR. KEVIN DOUGLAS IS
THAT MAN.
>> DOUGLAS MADE BOND. IT WAS
OUT OF CUSTODY THIS MORNING
BEFORE KERRY POLICE ARRESTED
HIM AGAIN. NOT LONG AFTER THAT.
THE FEDS GOT INVOLVED WRAL'S
CHELSEA DONOVAN IS LIVE WITH
DOUGLAS'S LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY
AND WHY HE HAD TO BE ARRESTED
TWICE. CHELSEA.
>> YEAH, DEBORAH DOUGLAS HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN ARRESTED MORE
THAN A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE
PAST 20 YEARS. HE'S GOT A
HISTORY OF THREATENING BEHAVIOR
THAT ACTUALLY SPANS ACROSS 8
DIFFERENT STATES. BUT WHAT HAD
LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
ON HIGH ALERT THIS WEEK WAS
DOUGLAS'S LATEST THREAT.
NOW, ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL
COMPLAINT, HE MENTIONED THAT HE
WANTED TO SHOOT AND KILL DOZENS
OF MEXICAN CHILDREN.
IT WAS IN THIS CARRY HOTEL ON
HALLOWEEN THAT 46 YEAR-OLD
KEVIN DOUGLAS IS ACCUSED OF
MAKING 9 DIFFERENT CYBER TIPS
TO THE CENTER FOR MISSING AND
EXPLOITED CHILDREN. PHRASES
LIKE I'M GOING TO SHOOT.
>> THIS 9 PAGE FEDERAL
COMPLAINT WAS FILED ONE DAY
AFTER DOUGLAS IS INITIAL ARREST
AND DETAILS THINGS LIKE I'M
GOING TO KILL ALL THE MEXICAN
CHILDREN IN THE AREA AND THIS
IS THE FAMILY OF THE PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO KILL IN 2 HOURS IN
THIS HOTEL AS WELL AS STATING.
I'M INSANE AND DOING COCAINE.
THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED IN
A HOTEL.
>> THAT WAS QUITE PROXIMATE TO
A DAY CARE THAT RAISE OUR LEVEL
OF CONCERN.
>> BRIGHT HORIZONS. DAY CARE IS
JUST 250 YARDS FROM WHERE
DOUGLAS WAS STAYING THREATS
AGAINST SCHOOL CHILDREN.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE VERY
SERIOUSLY ONE DAY AFTER THOSE
THREATS WERE MADE, DOUGLAS WAS
ARRESTED BY CARY POLICE, BUT HE
BONDED OUT THIS MORNING WITH
ONLY $1000 BOND. HOWEVER,
WITHIN HOURS OF HIS RELEASE,
CARY POLICE ARRESTED HIM ONCE
AGAIN FOR VIOLATING HIS RELEASE
ORDER AND USING ELECTRONICS.
DOUGLAS EVEN CALL WRAL TO SAY
HIS ARREST WAS A
MISUNDERSTANDING INVESTIGATION
DOESN'T STOP WHEN AN ARREST IS
MADE THAT GAVE THE FEDS THE
TIME TO FILE THEIR OWN
COMPLAINT. DOUGLAS HAS AN
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY HE'S
BEEN ARRESTED FOR CYBERSTALKING
3 TIMES ALONE IN WAKE COUNTY.
THOSE CHARGES WERE LATER
DISMISSED. HE'S EVEN BEEN IN
FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAKING
VIOLENT THREATS WHILE HE WAS
OUT OF THIS STATE IN TENNESSEE.
>> WHERE THIS INDIVIDUAL MADE
THREATS TO THE BRITISH IN
WASHINGTON, PUSH TO THIS
DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED. DOUGLAS
IS NOW IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.
ALL THE PEOPLE CARE TO REST
ASSURED THAT DO YOU KNOW ANY
CONCERNS THE DEBATE AT THIS
POINT?
>> NOW, EARLIER THIS MORNING,
I CALLED DOUGLAS'S MOTHER AND
SHE TOLD ME THAT HER SON IS
SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL
ILLNESS. BUT REFUSES TO GET
TREATMENT. NOW TONIGHT, DOUGLAS
REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY WITH
A FEDERAL DETENTION HEARING
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY.