Docs: Man threatens to make 'Sandy Hook look like Sunday school picnic'

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - A Taylorville man was arrested for making a threatening message to a school on Friday, according to the Christian County State's Attorney. 

Police arrested Todd E. Daugherty for transmitting a threat of violence to Memorial School in Taylorville. 

Daugherty posted message on an internet social forum (hateandflame.com). In the post he is holding a pistol pointed at the camera with a message in all caps. 

The message said, "I'll go to (explicit) Memorial Elementary School and make Sandy Hook look like a Sunday school picnic."

Daugherty was arrested and booked at the Christian County Jail on a $250,000 bond.Â