While most Star Wars fans take the threat of spoilers seriously, some apparently take it more seriously than others. When 18-year-old Arthur Charles Roy saw a spoiler for a subplot in Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Facebook, the Montana teen responded by sending his online pal a photo of him holding a gun, complete with a threat that he would come to the victim's school to shoot him.
The threat prompted the shutdown of the victim's alternative high school in Helena, Montana; Roy was arrested and charged with felony assault with a weapon Monday. But if there's one place that's likely free from Star Wars spoilers, it's jail — Roy is still in being held on $10,000 bail.
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