A man who authorities said was arrested Friday for making a series of recent threats against Jewish Community Centers in an attempt to vilify his ex-girlfriend is a former journalist who was fired from a publication for falsifying stories. Prior to that he was an intern at the online DNAInfo Chicago and public radio station WBEZ.DNAInfo Chicago still displays the stories he covered and wrote in July and August of 2013, and he is still listed as a staff reporter on the DNAInfo New York website, although DNAInfo sources said he hasn't' worked at their company in more than three years.Investigators said they are still looking into his possible connection to a larger series of threats against Jewish centers, but it would appear there are still suspects on the loose without connection to the Thompson case. According to the Washington Post, Juan was arrested on Friday, and he is believed to have not only made some of the bomb threats in his own name, but he is also thought to have made some of the bomb threats in the name of his ex-girlfriend, a woman that Juan allegedly cyber-stalked and harassed via Thompson’s Twitter account by blaming her for the crime. The next day the offices of the Jewish anti-bigotry group received a phone call claiming that explosive material had been placed inside the building. Another threat made anonymously to a Jewish community center in Manhattan last month said Thompson "put two bombs in the office of the Jewish center today," according to the complaint, which said the threat added: "He wants to create Jewish newtown tomorrow." Image copyright Twitter Image caption Thompson's Twitter account made many references to the bomb threats

Mr Thompson is accused of cyber-stalking his ex-girlfriend - known in court documents as Victim-1 - which can carry a sentence of up to five years in jail. Muslims offer to guard US Jewish sites

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Image copyright The Intercept Image caption Juan Thompson was fired last year from the Intercept over "fabricated sources and quotes in his articles"

Mr Thompson was arrested on Friday in St Louis, Missouri, and will be in court later in the day. NEW YORK (AP) — A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York’s Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday.
Juan M. Thompson, a 31-year-old ex-journalist, is arrested and charged with making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers in the United States, as well as a threat made against the Anti-Defamation League, while allegedly impersonating a former girlfriend.