LOGAN — A 42-year-old Logan man has been arrested for allegedly sending more than 1,000 threatening messages to the Utah Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) and threatening to kill law enforcement officers. Sam Hale Merritt was booked Tuesday into the Cache County Jail.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, the Logan Police Department was contacted by the Utah Division of Child and Family Services about a threat. A caseworker told a police detective that Merritt had allegedly sent about 1,500 threatening messages.

The detective reviewed the messages and found some included threats toward law enforcement and Merritt's probation officer. The threats stated that if officers "touched him or handcuffed him, he would kill" them, the arrest affidavit detailed.

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