Alaska Man Indicted After Alleged Threats Against Planned Parenthood

FILE - In a Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, traffic passes a Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas. Abortions in Texas plummeted about 15 percent during the first year after approval of tough restrictions that the U.S.... FILE - In a Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, traffic passes a Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas. Abortions in Texas plummeted about 15 percent during the first year after approval of tough restrictions that the U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down — a decline that activists say shows how hard it had become to get an abortion in America's second-largest state. The health department released the statistics Thursday, June 30, 2016. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) MORE LESS
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man has been indicted after he allegedly suggested a Planned Parenthood clinic in Anchorage should not open because a rocket-propelled grenade was pointed at it.

Robert Joseph Klima of Wasilla was indicted Wednesday of making threats by phone.

An FBI affidavit says a Planned Parenthood call center reported Nov. 7 it had received threatening calls directed at the Anchorage clinic.

The affidavit says the caller identified himself as Klima, left his phone number and in one voicemail message said “apparently there is an RPG trained on your position. I suggest not being open tomorrow.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Yvonne Lamoureux says authorities found guns in Klima’s home but no RPG or explosives.

A message left seeking comment for the lawyer listed as defending Klima, Jamie McGrady, wasn’t immediately returned.

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