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A former midshipman was arrested by authorities after allegedly sending an online threat through social media involving the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Jackson Fleming, 23, of Chesterton, Indiana , was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate communication, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana.

Fleming was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat concerning the Naval Academy a day earlier through a social media application, officials said. He was charged Sunday.

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