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On 6-14-17 at approximately 1:30pm D/Sgt. Sparks made contact with via tx.
advised that he did call and report the threat to the Rothbury Festival and was unsure if it was credible or not
but felt he needed to report it. advised that he did not know at all but knew of
because of his work as a DJ and promoter. further stated that he was friends with on
Facebook but did not ever converse with her. stated that his relationship with was strictly
business because she is a patron that has gone to events that he either promoted or did DJ work for.
stated that he does not know any other way.
stated that he received a Facebook message from saying that was going to shoot
up the festival and then kill himself. stated that he did not know why would send him this message
other than because he is working at the Rothbury Festival in the sight operations area. Robert stated that
when he received the message from he replied back to her a couple of times and told her to call the
police but did not know if she did or not. stated that eventually blocked him from Facebook
contact but he did not know why. stated that he did not know if the threat was valid or not because he
did not know but believed that it may be possible made it up because of a recent breakup that he
heard she had with
stated that since this threat was made people have been talking about it. stated that he did hear
that had a ticket to the Rothbury Festival but did not know if did or not. stated that he did
not believe was working at the festival. advised that he believed that the day he received the
message from was the day he called the police.
D/Sgt. Sparks requested the messages he received from be copied and forwarded to him via
email. A conversation with Oceana County Prosecutor Bizon indicated that screenshots would be sufficient
evidence for this investigation.
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The screenshot titled Screenshot_2017-06-08-09-42- shows the time of 9:42am with screen name
and photographic picture attached of This message is colored in a grey chat
bubble and reads:
Can i ark a fav n someday ill return.. Theres a person thats dangerous to the plur environment thats attending
can u n will u please send this to everyone going n running electric forest plz?
-06-08-09-42-
and photographic picture attached of This screenshot continues with a blue chat
bubble from that reads:
-06-08-09-42-
and photographic picture attached of . This screenshot continues with a blue chat
bubble from that reads:
case he suck in state police have been notified atleast the ones That will
These three screenshots will be saved to disc as a part of property item #1. They will also be printed and
attached to this investigation as an external document.
OTHER PERSON:
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CONTACT
On 6-14-17 at approximately 3:15pm D/Sgt. Sparks made contact with at her address of
. D/Sgt. Sparks introduced himself and advised that he was at her home investigating statements
that had been made online from her about and what he may do at the Rothbury Festival.
advised that she has a job working at Rothbury Festival and people have been talking a lot about things he
may do and that there had been talk about him doing a massacre up there. stated that she did not know
exactly what had been hat people were talking about. stated that she
did tell her friends that may cause a problem at the festival, but went on to say that did not say
anything to her about what he was going to do. D/Sgt. Sparks asked where a massacre at Rothbury
Festival comes together with stated she did not know.
D/Sgt. Sparks advised that she had to know because she was saying these things online. then
advised that she never sent a message saying that was planning a massacre. D/Sgt. Sparks asked
how it came to be that was going to do some horrible thing at
argument one night and then I was like really drunk and just telling everybody, you know, like I ended up
drinking one night D/Sgt. Sparks asked when this all happened. She advised that it was not this past
weekend but the weekend before. She stated that they got arguing and was mad at her threatening her
and her family. stated that after that she was out at the bar drinking and talking. D/Sgt. Sparks asked
what exactly she remembered saying. She stated she was talking about how tried to kill himself
and that her friends and family would be in the same area as him and this concerned her.
D/Sgt. Sparks asked how the massacre part came in. advised that it was
talking, just fucking talking shit because who knows, he is mentally unstable
mean D/Sgt. Sparks advised that is seemed that she did not believe he would do this, st
D/Sgt. Sparks asked what would make it
where she would say he was going to shoot it up and kill himself at Rothbury Festival.
you just never know D/Sgt. Sparks asked
if it was more her being mad that truthful and she stated yes.
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4 of 6 SPARKS, ZACHARY, 78, D/SERGEANT
PRINTED: 9/15/2021 09:10
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ORIGINAL DATE: INCIDENT NO:
6-20-17 Sparks
for warrant.
6-20-17 Sparks Felony warrant for False Report of Public Threat authorized by 78th D.C. Mag.
Gowell, warrant sworn and signed by D/Sgt. Sparks
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
On 6-21-17 Tpr. Vandermolen from the MSP Rockford Post assisted D/Sgt. Sparks with locating and arresting
suspect on the outstanding warrant. She was lodged at Muskegon County Jail where she posted
bond and was released.
The warrant was canceled in LEIN 6-21-17 by Sgt. Hockanson of the MSP Hart Post.
ARRESTED:
NAM:
BIR: RAC: ETH:
NBR: DIR: SEX: DL:
STR: DOB: SSN:
SFX: HGT: SI:
CTY: ST: WGT: FBI:
TXH: ZIP: HAI: MNU:
TXW: EYE: PR:
SMT:
CHARGE:
1384 FALSE REPORT OF PUBLIC THREAT 28.674(1)
EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS:
None.
STATUS:
Open, pending court and property.
12-19-17 Sparks Completion and review of supp #2, property is ATD in EAICS. Note to Sgt.
Clement for property disposition only.
1-23-18 Sparks Property still ATD in eAICS, pending destruction.
2-14-18 Sparks Pending property only.
3-5-18 Sparks Pending property only.
03/09/18 Clement Property item #1 destroyed this date by Sgt. Clement and Lt. Kanitz.
STATUS:
CLOSED
03/16/18
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