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Man charged with threatening moviegoers at North Shore theater
Ryan Muldoon is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, disturbing the peace, and threat to commit a crime.
A 34-year-old Lynn man was arrested over the weekend and is facing charges for allegedly threatening to shoot moviegoers at a North Shore theater.
Ryan Muldoon is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, disturbing the peace, and threat to commit a crime.
Police responded around 3 p.m. on Sunday to the AMC Theater at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers for a report that a man, later identified by police as Muldoon, was threatening to “shoot the place up,” according to court documents. At the scene, Danvers officers spoke with a movie theater employee who told them that two women reported to staff that a man seated behind them had threatened to shoot up the theater.
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Officers located Muldoon with the assistance of theater staff and he was taken into custody. He did not have a weapon on him, and he told officers that the women were “hitting on him” and denied making threats, according to police.
The victims later told police that shortly after they sat down in the theater, they heard Muldoon say behind them, “I’m going to shoot all of you in the head.”
After reporting the incident, the women left the area because they did not feel safe, police said.
Muldoon pleaded not guilty to the charges at his arraignment on Monday.
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Muldoon’s attorney, Heather Ramsey, disputed the charges against him during his arraignment, according to WCVB.
“There’s no assault, and there’s no dangerous weapon,” defense attorney Ramsey said. “There’s an allegation of threats, but there’s no indication that they were even directed at those individuals. He didn’t approach them and sit behind them, they came and sat in front of him. There’s just not enough there to get the probable cause.”
Muldoon was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Tuesday. Ramsey did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday evening.
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