The 21-year-old is accused of threatening to carry out an ambush-style attack against CCPD officers similar to the one in Dallas in 2016.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — TUESDAY UPDATE: Secret informant tipped off the FBI to stop ‘mass casualty attack’ targeting CCPD
A probable cause statement released Tuesday says a Corpus Christi Police Department officer made contact with Seth “Andrea” Gregori on Monday near 600 Elizabeth Street prior to his arrest.
“Andrea showed to have an active warrant out of Nueces County. The warrant was for terroristic threat on a public servant.” The warrant, issued on Feb. 10, carried a bond of $50,000.
The statement, which refers to Gregori throughout it as Andrea, rather than Seth, states that bodycam and in-car cameras were used in some capacity during the arrest.
Seth, or “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday for terroristic threats impeding public service/causing public fear or serious bodily injury and criminal trespass and was being held in the Nueces County Jail early Tuesday morning.
He was booked into the jail at 8:25 p.m. Monday and is being held on a total bond of $50,500.
Both charges are misdemeanors.
The CCPD and FBI list Gregori as a man, but the Nueces County Jail lists Gregori as female in the jail’s booking information.
Corpus Christi Police Department officers and the Houston branch office of the FBI arrested Gregori Monday, accusing Gregori of planning a mass-casualty attack, according to a social-media post from the FBI Houston official X account and a CCPDBlotter.com post.
Seth “Andrea” Gregori was taken into custody after the FBI Houston was made aware of “terroristic threats” against the department, the CCPD post states. FBI Houston investigated the threats and issued an arrest warrant for Gregori.
In a social-media post Monday, FBI-Houston accused the 21-year-old of planning an attack on police similar to the 2016 attack on officers in Dallas.
FBI Houston Public Information Officer Conor Hagen said Monday the agency is not at liberty to discuss specifics of the case and referred 3NEWS to the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office, where they said charges had been filed.
He did say the agency is proud to have partnered with CCPD in making the arrest and stopping the plot.
When 3NEWS called the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office for information, they confirmed CCPD is currently investigating the case, but that no charges have been presented to their office.
“Someone has been taken into custody on a warrant but no charges have been filed and nothing has been presented to the grand jury, but there is an ongoing investigation related to this individual,” said prosecutor Sophie Moore.
First Asst. DA Mike Gordon said the office has not been in contact with FBI Houston.
“We’ve seen the same tweet,” he said.
Moore said the DA’s office couldn’t share anymore information.
This is a developing story. 3NEWS will provide updates as they become available.
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