Suspect identified in threat made on Charlotte volunteer; poll security heightened
CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Charlotte's polling places are getting extra police attention after threats were made by an armed man against a black GOP campaign volunteer in the Steele Creek area.
"The department is conducting scheduled zone checks at all polling locations through the election on November 6," according to a statement issued at 4 a.m. Thursday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified the suspect in the Wednesday incident as Jason Donald Wayne, 28, of Charlotte.
He is charged with going armed to the terror of people, communicating threats, disorderly conduct and ethnic intimidation, according to Mecklenburg County jail records.
It's the fourth time Wayne has been arrested in the past two years in Mecklenburg County, including twice for parole violations, jail records show.
The campaign volunteer was identified by a Charlotte Observer story as Derek Partee, and he posted photos on Facebook of the suspect and the two men accompanying him.
_The Charlotte Observer
