Kansas Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kidnap Wichita Mayor Over Mask Mandate

Kansas Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kidnap Wichita Mayor Over Mask Mandate
A mask is placed on the table during a meeting between then President Donald Trump, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on May 20, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A retired firefighter was arrested for allegedly threatening to kidnap the mayor of Wichita, Kansas, police said on Friday.

Meredith Dowty, 59, was arrested Friday on a charge of criminal threat after officials were “alerted to threatening statements directed toward city of Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple,” according to a news release from the Wichita Police Department (pdf).