Extortion Threat Jails Man
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Federal agents have arrested a 37-year-old man after he threatened to tamper with products at a Sacramento supermarket unless he was paid $2,000. David Paul Peak was accused of trying to extort money from the market on behalf of a group calling itself the People’s Provisional Court and Freedom Five. Officials said the group demanded the money as a “fine” against the market for being guilty of capitalist greed. No tampered products were identified or reported.
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