Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Facebook Post Supporting Sandy Hook Gunman

A Medina man was charged with inducing panic after he posted a status update supporting the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

A Medina man posted support for the Sandy Hook gunman on Facebook, leading to a charge of inducing panic, reports WKYC Channel 3.

Joseph Resovsky, 20, told the news station he was only trying to prove a point with his post by showing that people forget about things easily.

His post, according to WKYC: "I'm so happy somebody shot up all those little (expletive). Viva la School Shootings!!!!"

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Medina Police say they received tons of calls and complaints about the post. That's why they charged him with inducing panic.

Resovsky has since deleted his Facebook account.

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