The FBI has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to a blackmailer who has injured animals, set vehicles ablaze and left bizarre, rhyming extortion notes for a local farmer.
Gary and Diana Bergeron, the owners of Rickety Ranch in Hollis, have been terrorized over the past two years by multiple extortion letters seeking $250,000 and experienced repeated acts of vandalism and violence.
The odd extortion letters drew the attention of the FBI to the case, according to an agent. The FBI hopes the release of the blackmailer’s letter and riddles will lead to his capture.
One such letter reads:
“Act 2
I saw your flag on your lawn
And time almost gone
I know your (sic) in
Just pay me know (sic) and you will win.”
FBI Special Agent Brian O’Hara said the victim does not understand some of the references in the letters — for example: where to deposit money — and fears he or farm workers could be hurt.
“You’ve got to understand, [the extortionist] is operating in fear,” O’Hara said. O’Hara would not answer questions about whether the FBI’s behavioral analysis experts are involved in the case.
The FBI said it is limiting the amount of information it releases, such as the number of letters, the dates of the damage and details of what kind of animals were killed and injured. There has been thousands of dollars in vandalism to the property, a barn and vehicles attributed to the extortion plot.
“The whole thing is just unfortunate, but I think the FBI has a good handle on it,” said owner Gary Bergeron, who declined to comment further on the extortion Tuesday. “I don’t want to interfere with what they are doing.”
Well, they’re looking for an illiterate.
New Hampshire. Gary and Diana Bergeron are Christians who support Trump. Two years ago they may have made some kind of perceived insult to LGBT.
Round up the local Antifa and radical LGBT ring leaders. FBI might as well question SPLC.
Case solved. Yer welcome.
There is no lack of unhinged criminals out there and those that include animal atrocities should be given no mercy. Years ago this vermin would have been tracked down by the locals and hanged from the nearest tree.
When this jerk gets caught and tossed into the pokey, I hope he gets introduced to The Diddler!
Yeah, put the FBI on it, I’ve got a lot of faith in their investigative ability.
Will the FBI be able to deduce the person’s intent.
Hillary wants to know.
HAHAHAHA. The female body inspectors; the best political hacks money can buy.
@ gin blossom: that time has come again.
More like, “The Diddler.”
Think, “Sheep.” 😮
My guess is a disgruntled former employee — probably an indigent who they hired for an odd job or seasonal help — one time.
Haven’t these people heard of security cameras?