Warren man gets probation after making Facebook threats

Staff report

WARREN

A city man who made a Facebook threat in February to kill children and adults – like in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut – has been sentenced to three years probation.

Judge Terry Ivanchak of Warren Municipal Court has ordered Alan M. Jordan, 33, of Laird Avenue Southeast to continue to have no contact with Warren City Schools, but the school system has authority to override that order, the judge said.

Jordan was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail but all but 15 days already served have been suspended.

Police said Jordan posted a message on his Facebook page warning other parents to control their kids or he would commit a shooting at the K-8 Warren school his child attends.

He said the shooting would make the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting spree that killed 20 children and six educators “look like a day at Disney.”

The post said Jordan was upset about some trouble his child had been having at school.

Jordan pleaded no contest July 24 to misdemeanor telecommunications harassment and making false alarms and was found guilty.

At sentencing, the judge terminated an earlier order requiring Jordan to serve electronically monitored house arrest.

Jordan will be required to meet monthly for three years with a probation officer in Warren Municipal Court until his court costs are paid, the judge said.

He’s currently on a payment plan for $963 at $50 per month that will run through March 2019.