Friday, January 04, 2008

Piedmont man charged with threatening a federal law enforcement officer

01-04-2008

A Piedmont man who was arrested by the FBI last month and charged with threatening two doctors at the Oxford Veterans Affairs Clinic and the VA assistant police chief, was charged last week with threatening a federal law enforcement officer.

Authorities said Michael Eugene Cook, 58, threatened on Dec. 4 to kill psychologists Dr. Eddie Huggins and Dr. William Beidleman.

The doctors reported the threats to VA Assistant Police Chief Floyd Walfield.

According to court records, Walfield then called Cook to confirm that he said he was going to kill doctors Huggins, Beidleman and other VA personnel. Cook said he had.

Walfield told Cook he would be at the VA facility to prevent any attacks and the threats would be reported to the FBI.

Cook reportedly told Walfield if he saw him at the clinic he would "kill him," too.

Signed affidavits quote Cook as saying, "You do what you have to do. I'm going to take care of Michael Cook. I don't give a damn what you do, the FBI or anyone else, I'll kill them too. I'm going to the clinic Thursday, sit outside in my vehicle with my .30-30 carbine, and blow them all away."

Walfield contacted the FBI, and Cook was arrested the next day. FBI agents reported they found a rifle in his vehicle, along with 39 rounds of ammunition.

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