Man charged after allegedly threatening Nolan Wells case witness
Edward James Porter faces a felony charge after authorities say he used calls and texts to threaten witnesses in the investigation.
- On Saturday, a federal grand jury indicted Edward James Porter, 32, of Berwyn, Illinois, for allegedly threatening witnesses connected to the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells.
- Threats emerged as intense online speculation and harassment targeted friends of Wells, including Bart Edmiston Jr., who assisted when the group's boat became disabled in the Mississippi Sound on July 4.
- According to court records, Porter allegedly made threatening phone calls and texts on July 31 to Edmiston and his father, claiming he knew their home address and intended to kill them.
- Porter is one of three individuals federally charged for threats regarding the Wells case, including Michelle Francine Edwards of Ohio and Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce of California; a judge ordered Porter held without bond.
- While authorities have made these threat-related arrests, the investigation into Wells' death remains active with no suspects named in the teenager's disappearance, despite an independent autopsy yielding an undetermined manner of death.
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Illinois Man Indicted For Allegedly Threatening Friend Of Nolan Wells
Edward James Porter of Berwyn, Illinois, was indicted for calls he allegedly made on July 31 to Bart Edmiston Jr. and his father.
'Going to Come Kill': Grand Jury Returns Indictment as Nolan Wells' Case Takes Disturbing New Turn
A Mississippi federal grand jury has indicted an Illinois man for threatening to injure or kill witnesses in connection with the Nolan Wells’ death investigation. Edward James Porter, of Berwyn, Illinois, faces a felony charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication. The crime carries up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, plus up to three years of supervised release. Nolan Wells’ friends maintain that they had nothing t…
Man Allegedly Threatens Nolan Wells Case Witness, Faces Charges
NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal A disturbing turn of events unfolded in Mississippi, where an Illinois man faces charges for allegedly threatening a witness connected to the high-profile case of Nolan Wells. The accused, Edward James Porter, 40, was taken into custody in July. Authorities claim he sent menacing messages to Bart Edmiston Jr., who had been with the 18-year-old […] The post Man Allegedly Threatens Nolan Wells Case Witness, Faces Char…
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