Alexander County Man Charged After Issuing Threats While Armed With Rifle

Michael Gene Yates Jr., age 25, Bowman’s Cutover RD., Taylorsville, was arrested Sunday morning by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office and charged with two-counts of communicating threats, crime of domestic violence and assault on a female. According to arrest documentation the suspect allegedly, while armed with a rifle stated “It will be bloodbath and everyone present will die.”

Yates is being held without bond in the Alexander County Detention Center.

Photo: Alexander County Sheriff’s Office