A jury has declared a Juneau artist not guilty of terroristic threatening. Mitchell Watley was accused of threatening the public in 2023, when he distributed printed notes featuring memes referencing school shootings around town.

Mitchell Watley was accused of four felony counts of terroristic threatening, one for each location he left a note. His attorney argued that he was not intending to cause fear when he distributed the notes.

In March 2023, notes depicting an automatic rifle and the words “Feeling Cute Might Shoot Some Children” on a transgender pride flag were left in grocery stores and the State Office Building downtown.

Police traced video surveillance footage to a car registered to Watley. He was arrested a few days later.

In the course of the trial, jurors heard

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