Judge presiding in case of slain Texas teen Austin Metcalf targeted in alleged doxxing hoax; FBI investigating

The Texas justice who reduced the $1 cardinal enslaved for 17-year-old Austin Metcalf's accused slayer was targeted successful a doxxing hoax, KDFW reported. 

The Collin County Sheriff's Office, successful coordination with the FBI, is investigating the alleged doxxing of Collin County Judge Angela Tucker, who agreed to importantly trim Frisco way conscionable stabbing fishy 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony’s bond.

"Due to the quality of the situation, we are coordinating with the FBI and our Fusion Center to show for immoderate concerning rhetoric oregon propaganda that could incite violence," the sheriff’s bureau told KDFW.

Doxxing, defined arsenic a signifier of cyberbullying, involves publically posting someone's idiosyncratic accusation without consent.

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Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf (FOX 4/Jeff Metcalf)

This benignant of harassment is amerciable successful the authorities of Texas if it involves posting different person's backstage accusation without consent with the intent to origin harm oregon to incite harm against them, according to the Texas Penal Code. 

If idiosyncratic is harmed during a doxxing event, it besides becomes a felony successful Texas. 

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Local instrumentality enforcement officials told KDFW immoderate tribunal unit and acrophobic citizens reported that radical were publishing Judge Tucker's code connected societal media aft she agreed to trim Anthony's bond, which was initially acceptable astatine $1 million.

"Our main precedence remains ensuring the judge’s safety, and due information measures person been implemented," the Collin County Sheriff’s Office said successful a statement.

Anthony was released from jailhouse aft Tucker lowered his enslaved to $250,000. Tucker, who presided implicit a enslaved simplification hearing, claimed his was acceptable "too precocious for idiosyncratic with nary transgression history."

Sixteen-year-old Austin Metcalf died astatine his way conscionable aft getting stabbed. (FOX DFW Chopper)

Anthony allegedly killed Metcalf implicit a seating quality during a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful Frisco April 2. He was freed from the Collin County Jail aft his enslaved was reduced from $1 cardinal to $250,000. He is charged with first-degree murder.

Anthony reportedly confessed to stabbing Metcalf erstwhile helium was arrested by a schoolhouse assets serviceman astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful the minutes aft the attack. 

When 1 serviceman told different helium had the alleged stabbing fishy successful custody, Anthony seemingly said, "I'm not alleged. I did it," according to an apprehension report. 

Anthony besides asked the officers if Metcalf was "going to beryllium OK" and asked if what happened could beryllium considered "self-defense."

The Metcalf household has besides fallen unfortunate to disturbing incidents since their son's death. Jeff Metcalf, the begetter of the slain way star, told Fox News Digital his location was swatted hours aft a heated property league hosted by the spokesperson for the household of Anthony.

Frisco Police confirmed determination person been astatine slightest 3 swatting calls made astatine homes linked to the Metcalf household this month. 

Karmelo Anthony, the fishy successful the stabbing decease of Texas way prima Austin Metcalf, walks retired of the Collin County Jail successful Texas April 14. (KDFW)

Swatting is erstwhile a 911 telephone is made, usually to study a fake convulsive crime, to get constabulary and sometimes adjacent SWAT teams, to respond to an code fixed by the caller. It has progressively been utilized arsenic an intimidation maneuver to people high-profile individuals and governmental rivals. 

Anthony's household has besides been targeted since Metcalf's death, and Anthony was moved to an "undisclosed location" for his ain safety, according to a radical representing his family.

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Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), the radical representing the Anthony family, shared a quality merchandise saying the threats included radical loitering and taking photos of the Anthony family's existent address, unwanted nutrient deliveries that NGAN said were "made to disturb and harass the family" and a mailing of Metcalf's obituary to the home, which was besides described arsenic "disturbing." 

"We are sharing images and documentation of the threats the household has faced this past play to marque the nationalist alert of the unsafe ambiance that has been created — an ambiance fueled by organized hate, systemic racism and intentional misinformation," the radical said.

"It is some heartbreaking and infuriating to spot the depths of hatred and bigotry inactive live and good successful our society," NGAN President Dominique Alexander said. "No household should person to unrecorded nether siege simply due to the fact that they are demanding their law rights. 

"We volition not beryllium silent, and we volition not backmost down. We are committed to doing immoderate is indispensable to support this household and to guarantee that justness is pursued without intimidation oregon fear."

The Frisco Police Department told Fox News Digital, "Our section does not person immoderate reported cases involving the Anthony household being threatened."

Jeff Metcalf has tried to code down the governmental rhetoric since the April 2 stabbing.

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He antecedently told Fox News, "I privation to clarify thing close disconnected to commencement due to the fact that I've already heard immoderate rumors and gossip. This was not a contention thing. This is not a governmental thing.

"Do not politicize this. It's not … this is simply a quality being thing. This idiosyncratic made a atrocious prime and affected some his household and my household forever."

A spokesperson for the FBI confirmed to Fox News Digital that the bureau is moving with the Frisco Police Department connected the doxxing incidental but deferred to the Frisco Police Department oregon Collin County Sheriff's Office for much details astir the investigation.

Neither enactment was instantly disposable for Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]