ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) - A central Iowa man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bring a loaded shotgun to an Iowa Workforce Development office, police said.
Matthew Goodrich, 29, of Altoona, was arrested Monday in the Des Moines suburb and charged with making a threat of terrorism and two counts of harassment, the Des Moines Register reported.
Goodrich was upset about not getting his unemployment check when he called the office, police said. An office employee said Goodrich threatened to bring a loaded shotgun to the office and that he said the office should be blown up with a pipe bomb.
Goodrich denied threatening to bring a shotgun into the office, according to a police complaint. He also told investigators he may have been intoxicated at the time of the call, police said.
Goodrich’s preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 23.
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