Boston police arrested two Nintendolts who promised to wreak havoc on the Pokémon World Championships on Saturday.
Kevin Norton, 18, and James Stumbo, 27, both from Iowa, allegedly made violent threats on social media to attendees at the Pokémon World Championships, cops said. Security officials at the Hynes Convention Center, where the tournament is held, immediately began investigating, and the two men were stopped hours later trying to get into the event.
Detectives searched the suspects' car and found a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition and a hunting knife, cops said.
Boston detectives arrested the pair at a hotel in Saugus. They are both charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and other firearm related charges, police said. They will be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court.