{"id":253870,"date":"2026-07-28T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:08:08","slug":"arrest-imminent-after-racist-threatening-voicemail-left-for-delaware-county-pennsylvania-sheriff-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253870\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest imminent after racist, threatening voicemail left for Delaware County, Pennsylvania sheriff, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are preparing to make an arrest after a racist and threatening voicemail was left for Delaware County Sheriff Siddiq Kamara last week, law enforcement sources tell CBS News Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

On Monday, July 20, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office released a voicemail that was left on Kamara’s official telephone line during the prior weekend. Investigators then began working to determine who left the voicemail message.<\/p>\n

Eight days later, sources say a Havertown man is set to be charged with making terroristic threats and ethnic intimidation. The man’s identity has not been publicly released.<\/p>\n

Kamara, a first-term Democrat, said in a statement last week that he wouldn’t let the threats deter his work.<\/p>\n

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Delaware County Sheriff Siddiq Kamara.<\/p>\n

CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Kamara, a reform-minded sheriff who took office in January as the youngest sheriff in the United States, is a lifelong Delco resident who was raised in Upper Darby.<\/p>\n

Kamara is the cousin of\u00a0Fanta Bility<\/a>, the 8-year-old who was shot and killed when Sharon Hill police officers fired into a crowd at an Academy Park High School football game in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In response to the shooting, Kamara started the\u00a0Fanta Bility Foundation<\/a>, which advocates for police training improvements and community safety initiatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before becoming sheriff, Kamara spent time with the military and other roles in law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tom Ignudo<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

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