A Barrington Hills man who threatened to kill and torture Barrington Hills police officers during a rambling YouTube video has been ordered detained in McHenry County Jail, officials said.
McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced Thursday that McHenry County Judge Cynthia Lamb granted a state’s attorney’s office motion to deny pretrial release for Joel A. Koskinen, 35, of Barrington Hills.
Koskinen appeared in First Appearance Court on Thursday afternoon on charges of Threatening a Public Official, a Class 3 felony, and Electronic Harassment, a Class 4 felony.
The criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleged Koskinen conveyed a threatening YouTube video directly to a specific police officer with the Barrington Hills Police Department.
The video contained a threat to shoot the officer in the head and the threat was “made because of the hostility of the defendant toward” that officer, the complaint said.
The complaint said the video also made references to, “I will now kill every cop in Barrington Hills Police.”
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