A Waterford Township man is being held in Oakland County Jail on a charge connected to threats made to the local Republican Party chapter on social media.

Ryan Lewis Vallance, 34, was charged Nov. 25 in 52-4 District Court in Troy with one felony count of making a false threat or report of terrorism, the Bloomfield Township Police Department said in a news release. Police said Facebook Messenger was used to call the Oakland County GOP's page and a threat was made to carry out a shooting at the party's Bloomfield Township headquarters and light the building on fire.

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