Oklahoma City police say a man was arrested on a terrorism charge Friday after he allegedly made a reference about beheading a female coworker.Capt. Dexter Nelson with the Oklahoma City Police Department said an unnamed woman at the Bellevue Nursing Home in Oklahoma City filed a police report on Sept. 16. The incident is believed to have occurred Sept. 13.The alleged victim said she was talking to Jacob Muriithi when he made comments that at the time she thought were a joke. Muriithi was her supervisor at the nursing home, although not her direct supervisor, the report states.“The threat precipitated from a piece of religious jewelry,” Nelson said. “It does appear to stem from ethnicity.”According to an incident report, the victim was wearing a Star of David necklace and following a remark on that, Muriithi allegedly told the woman he was Muslim and affiliated with ISIS, and that they “killed Christians by cutting off their heads.” He then made a suggestion that he “was going to wait until she got off work and cut her head off” and then post it on Facebook.When asked why ISIS kills Christians, Muriithi said “that is just what we do,” an affidavit states.“The suspect did make references to ISIS and an affiliation with them,” Nelson said.The woman apparently did not know what ISIS was at the time and after asking others about what the organization was, later thought Muriithi wasn’t joking, and her concern prompted her to file the report, according to officials.The district attorney has filed a probable cause affidavit.The beheading in of a woman at a Moore business last week “greatly elevated” the alleged victim’s concern and it is believed that she contacted police again, which led to Muriithi’s arrest. The district attorney then upgraded the charge from a misdemeanor to a terroristic threat.Muriithi told police during questioning that “he was joking.”Embed

Oklahoma City police say a man was arrested on a terrorism charge Friday after he allegedly made a reference about beheading a female coworker.

Capt. Dexter Nelson with the Oklahoma City Police Department said an unnamed woman at the Bellevue Nursing Home in Oklahoma City filed a police report on Sept. 16. The incident is believed to have occurred Sept. 13.


The alleged victim said she was talking to Jacob Muriithi when he made comments that at the time she thought were a joke. Muriithi was her supervisor at the nursing home, although not her direct supervisor, the report states.

“The threat precipitated from a piece of religious jewelry,” Nelson said. “It does appear to stem from [the victim’s] ethnicity.”

According to an incident report, the victim was wearing a Star of David necklace and following a remark on that, Muriithi allegedly told the woman he was Muslim and affiliated with ISIS, and that they “killed Christians by cutting off their heads.” He then made a suggestion that he “was going to wait until she got off work and cut her head off” and then post it on Facebook.

When asked why ISIS kills Christians, Muriithi said “that is just what we do,” an affidavit states.

“The suspect did make references to ISIS and an affiliation with them,” Nelson said.

The woman apparently did not know what ISIS was at the time and after asking others about what the organization was, later thought Muriithi wasn’t joking, and her concern prompted her to file the report, according to officials.

The district attorney has filed a probable cause affidavit.

The beheading in of a woman at a Moore business last week “greatly elevated” the alleged victim’s concern and it is believed that she contacted police again, which led to Muriithi’s arrest. The district attorney then upgraded the charge from a misdemeanor to a terroristic threat.

Muriithi told police during questioning that “he was joking.”

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