Crime & Safety
Hudson Man Arrested For Threatening River Ridge High Student
Joseph Anthony Cardenas Jr. was arrested on Sept. 11 after sending messages threatening to kill the student.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – A 20-year-old Hudson man has been charged with making written threats to do bodily harm after a student at River Ridge High School in New Port Richey told the school resource officer that she received threats from him on Facebook messenger.
Joseph Anthony Cardenas Jr. of the 12000 block of U.S. 19, Hudson, was arrested on Sept. 11 after sending messages threatening to kill the student.
When interviewed, Cardenas admitted to sending the messages.
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