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Man Charged After Making Threats to Judge in Relation to Nolan Wells Case - WXXV News 25
The FBI linked the account to Sacramento, and investigators say threats and harassment tied to the Nolan Wells case have spread across social media.
- On Friday, July 31, 2026, federal authorities charged California resident Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce with interstate transmission of a threatening communication for allegedly threatening Mississippi Chancery Court Judge Ashlee Cole.
- This charge follows widespread harassment and death threats plaguing those connected to the Nolan Wells case, which began after the 18-year-old was reported missing on Independence Day and later found dead.
- Misinformation, including AI-generated content, has fueled harassment against Wells' mother, Wonsley, and Judge Cole, whose husband, Ben Hudson, reported receiving thousands of "credible" death threats and hate messages.
- Ben Hudson plans to sue attorney Ben Crump, alleging the lawyer slandered his family and turned Wells' funeral into a political event ahead of midterm elections.
- Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell warned that threats against public officials and families constitute criminal acts, stating state law enforcement and the FBI are investigating.
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California man arrested for allegedly threatening judge connected to Nolan Wells death investigation
Federal authorities arrested a 27-year-old Sacramento man for allegedly sending a bomb threat and violent messages to a Mississippi judge whose stepson was with Nolan Wells the day the 18-year-old disappeared on a Gulf Coast barrier island. Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of a threatening communication after allegedly targeting...
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A 27-year-old Sacramento man has been charged with sending threatening messages to the Mississippi judge whose son was among the friends with 18-year-old Nolan Wells when he vanished during a July 4 boat outing to Horn Island.
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