Text message demands payment and threatens victim, Hawkins TX

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Kind of hard to explain, but I had a citizen come up to me, show me his phone.

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He got a random text message.

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From I don't know where, but it gives his address.

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It lists all his family members, and it says, "Pay us or die." And it's got pictures of dead people as well that they've sent him.

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That's going to require more than a fee for response.

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And I didn't catch your call sign, but get with central control and have them respond with a patrol unit, please.

Text message demands payment and threatens victim