Feds charge woman with threatening a ‘massacre’ at popular restaurant

The feds have charged a Bronx woman with threatening to commit a “massacre” at a nationwide restaurant. Prosecutors said the suspect sent texts to the restaurant threatening to shoot up the crowded eatery.

US Attorney for the Southern District Damian Williams announced the arrest of Jayleen Mota for making threat- ening interstate communications, in which Mota threatened to shoot up a popular nationwide chain restaurant and sports bar located on LeCount Place in New Rochelle on Saturday night.

“Actual or threatened gun violence cannot be tolerated. Simply put, those who place the public in fear by engaging in or threatening the use of violence will be held accountable,” Williams said. “This Office commends the swift action of the New Rochelle Police Department and the FBI in quickly tracking down this threat.”

“As alleged, Ms. Mota sent a series of text messages in which she threatened to commit a mass shooting at a crowded New Rochelle restaurant,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Michael J. Driscoll. “Communicat- ing threats like those we allege she made can waste valuable law enforcement resources and cause unnecessary alarm in our communities.

“Today’s charges should serve as a reminder for all that the FBI takes these types of threats seriously, and there will be consequences for those who make them,” Driscoll said.