Champlin residents are understandably on edge after a 38-year-old woman was arrested for sending anonymous threats to a family including requests to “taste and lick” their children.
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The 38-year-old, who admitted sending the message, penned a note to the family saying: “The children look delicious. May I have a taste?” she wrote on September 27, according to CBS.
Champlin police said Carrie Pernula, 38, was arrested Friday after an investigation into anonymous threats received by a family living in her neighborhood. She could be charged with gross misdemeanor terroristic threats and stalking.
After calling the police, the terrified parents shared an image of the letter on the Champlin community Facebook page.
The source of the letter then began mailing the family magazine subscriptions, but it’s not clear what kind of publications were sent. The hangry lady admitted to her overreacting ways when confronted by cops, police said, and was arrested.
Well, that’s not her actual crime, but threatening to eat the children of her neighbors puts her in the top ten for candidates to be sure.
Pernula is now out of jail and is believed to be back at her home.
“In this case [she] went way beyond the bounds of what should be done”, said Deputy Police Chief Ty Schmidt, who apparently has a gift for understatement.
Word of the threats spread quickly through social media and families were terrified for their children.
She added the letter was sent by a “woman who wanted to scare us” because “she thought my kids were loud”. She was released earlier this week.
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She is a graduate of University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with a degree in psychology.
