In Florida news…
Tampa police arrested Ralph Perkins, 50, on Tuesday, following threats he made to “wipe the whole gay community out in Tampa.” Apparently, Perkins had been rejected on a dating app.
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The Tampa police detailed the arrest in a statement:
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Tampa Police were made aware of a concerning conversation a complainant had on a dating app. After being rejected for an offer he made for companionship, the suspect, later identified as Ralph Perkins, posted threatening statements to the social media platform. Officers were able to quickly confirm Perkins identity and detectives immediately began an investigation. Once an arrest warrant was obtained, Tampa Police detectives, accompanied by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies, responded to Perkins’s house in the county. He was taken into custody and charged with Written Threats to Commit Mass Violence or an Act of Terrorism.
Perkins confessed that made the threats via a dating app after he suffered rejection. “I like to take a gun I like to wipe the whole gay community out in Tampa and then kill myself,” he said. “That’s going to be my ultimate [Christmas] present to Tampa Florida is the annihilator the gay community before I kill myself.”
Perkins has a history of multiple arrests, and has is a convicted sex offender.
Chrisk
I’m sure some of you bitches have had some similar thoughts after being rejected.
Tombear
Naw, I’ve never been rejected because I’m “gifted”.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Why didn’t this dummy simply go to the bathhouse if its that hard for him to hook up with someone. The same drugged out queens who are rejecting him online are the same drugged out queens who frequent the bathhouse. Sometimes people can be very anal in their rejections but that right there says a lot about what it was you were trying to hook up with and the favor they did you by showing their true personalities.
rodzilla
I admire your pragmatism and your ‘looking for a silver lining’ approach.
Heywood Jablowme
A lot of places don’t have bathhouses anymore, they’re not very common in the app era. Maybe central FL doesn’t have any?
stagehand1
Wow! Reading the comments makes me sad and disappointed. Is this really who we are as a community? I’m not defending him in any way, I’m just reacting to the caustic and negative attitudes expressed here which are aimed at the gay community at large.
CityguyUSA
This is a terrorist. He forces people to live their lives in fear.