Man in His 50s Turns Off Ankle Monitor and Threatens 'Knife Rampage at the Blue House'... Indicted While in Custody

[Financial News] A man in his 50s who was ordered to wear a location-tracking electronic device (an electronic ankle monitor) for a stalking offense has been indicted while in custody on suspicion of deliberately draining the device and threatening a knife rampage targeting state institutions, including the Blue House.
According to legal sources on the 13th, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office indicted Kim, a man in his 50s, while in custody on the 12th for violating the Act on Punishment of Crime of Stalking (damaging the effectiveness of an electronic monitoring device) and obstructing the performance of official duties by deceptive means.
Kim is accused of allowing the ankle monitor to run out of power by failing to charge it while he was subject to a provisional measure ordering him to wear one in connection with a stalking case. The electronic ankle monitor is used to track the location of stalking offenders, and investigators found that Kim disabled the device by stopping its charging.
Kim is also accused of calling the Seoul Eastern Probation Office on the 1st and threatening to carry out a knife rampage at the Blue House, the National Police Agency and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Police who received the report made an emergency arrest of Kim at around 12:20 p.m. that same day on a street in Naesu-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. The court later issued an arrest warrant for Kim on the 3rd. No knife was reportedly found on him at the time of his arrest.
Before this case, Kim was also indicted on stalking charges last September, and the related trial is currently underway.
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