Ted E. Mangold, a 53-year-old from Derby, has been charged with threatening a federal employee on duty, said U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch.
Mangold, who also is known as Melissa E. Mangold, was charged in a criminal complaint and affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Wichita. According to the complaint, on June 29, 2009, Mangold walked into the Social Security Administration Office near K-96 in northeast Wichita; he was carrying a container that he held tightly with both hands.
“I have a bomb and I’m going to kill everyone,” Mangold said to the contract security guard who approached him. Attempting to persuade him not to detonate a bomb, the guard offered Mangold the opportunity to “walk out of here with no trouble.” The guard explained that no one would attempt to stop him. So Mangold left the building carrying the device and drove away in his pickup truck. He was arrested later in the day at his home in Derby after investigators identified his truck in the driveway.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.
Steve & Ted in the Morning
