SALT LAKE CITY — A man who is accused of threatening police departments in multiple states — as well as the Missionary Training Center in Provo — is now wanted for also allegedly threatening the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Anthony Hambleton Beardall, 49, whose last known address was in Provo, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with making a threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony.
On Jan. 4, Beardall called 911 and "twice threatened to bomb the Salt Lake City Police Department, 475 S. 300 East," according to charging documents. Beardall claimed the department "hadn't done enough to find his lost daughter and other missing children."
Salt Lake police detectives learned that Beardall already had warrants out for his arrest in other jurisdictions and was listed on a national police database "as possibly being a member of a terrorist organization," and allegedly told a detective with another police agency that he had fled to Mexico, according to the charges. The FBI also wants him.
Prosecutors noted that Beardall "is believed to be transient, and is believed to be hiding from law enforcement in Mexico to avoid apprehension. Furthermore, Beardall is accused of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction against a dispatcher and against the Salt Lake Police Department, and he has been accused of similar crimes across multiple agencies and multiple states."
In June, Beardall was charged in 4th District Court with making a threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony and communication harassment, a class B misdemeanor, for allegedly making threats against the Missionary Training Center.
