Man charged with threatening officers

A 19-year-old arrested for domestic violence and other charges a week ago has been accused of making terrorist threats against the officers involved in his arrest.

When officers were transporting Rodney Austin Watts, of Rainbow City, to the Etowah County Detention Center, he allegedly told one officer that he knew where he lived and said he was going to pay a visit to see how the officer’s wife and children were. If they were OK, the man threatened, according to the report, they wouldn’t be for long.

The man is accused of making the same threats toward five other officers in the area, and continuing to make threats until he was taken to the booking

area by Etowah County jailers.

Six officers made reports accusing the man of making terrorist threats, a Class C felony, after the incident Sunday.

The man had been arrested  for third-degree domestic violence, interfering with a domestic violence emergency, third-degree criminal trespassing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental operations.