A man accused of threatening federal disaster workers in western North Carolina has been charged, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office.

A Bostic man faces charges after a threat was made against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers responding to the Helene disaster in NC.

In a news release, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday, the 911 communications center got a call that a man with an assault rifle. The caller said he commented about possibly harming FEMA employees in the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock area for Helene relief efforts.

After a WNC county made national news over a potential armed militia going after FEMA workers, causing aid to pause, sheriff says one man acted alone.

A North Carolina man was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening to harm Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who were aiding in the Hurricane Helene recovery effort,

William Jacob Parsons was arrested and charged in North Carolina after he was found with a handgun and a rifle at a supermarket where a federal aid vehicle was parked.

William Jacob Parsons, a 44-year-old man who was allegedly spotted armed with an assault rifle, was arrested and charged for making comments about possibly harming Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in North Carolina for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts,

Several FEMA locations have reopened in western North Carolina after being forced to pause aid over reported threats toward responders. WRAL News received reports of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers being threatened as they work to help victims of Hurricane Helene.

FEMA agents are standing down across parts of western North Carolina and canceling some meetings because of threats to staff members, according to some local agencies in the region. Ashe County Emergency Management said FEMA canceled events in the area due to threats that were received in other parts of