A 40-year-old Vancouver man who was institutionalized in Oregon for a decade for driving his vehicle into a Portland radio station has been arrested on suspicion of making violent threats on Facebook against Microsoft and its founders.
Andy C.H. Chung appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Friday, facing an allegation of threatening to bomb or injure property.
Judge Suzan Clark set Chung’s bail at $100,000 and scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, when the judge planned to order a competency evaluation, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Chung was institutionalized in 2008 for ramming his car into the office of the KXL radio station in Portland. At that time, the radio station was owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Chung was released in March 2018 and moved in with his parents at their Vancouver home. By July, he was writing posts on Facebook expressing his dislike for Microsoft, Allen, Bill Gates, and the U.S. and Hong Kong governments, according to the affidavit.
The disjointed posts included threats of violence against his high-profile targets, but Vancouver police investigators spoke with Chung twice since July and determined he was seeking treatment at Columbia River Mental Health.
“At the time of contact, (Chung) was evaluated by a Clark County Crisis employee and found not to be a threat at this time,” the affidavit says.
More recently, Chung allegedly has become more agitated and violent in Facebook posts, including several shared earlier this week.
The threats included mentions of bombing “Seattle Microsoft,” according to the affidavit.
Vancouver police decided to arrest Chung at his parents’ home Thursday due to the online threats and because he has, in the past, shown a propensity for violence.
“With his recent Facebook post becoming more detailed and more violent, there is potential he could act out again. If not up north in Seattle, then right here in Vancouver, Washington,” the affidavit says.
