{"id":1608723,"date":"2022-08-16T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608723"},"modified":"2022-08-16T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:56:50","slug":"fact-check-is-a-knife-wielding-man-going-door-to-door-attacking-people-in-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-a-knife-wielding-man-going-door-to-door-attacking-people-in-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is A Knife-Wielding Man Going Door To Door Attacking People In Missouri?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-is-a-knife-wielding-man-going-door-to-door-attacking-people-in-missouri%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2017-11-02T012927Z_139553592_RC17BCF15BB0_RTRMADP_3_CHICAGO-CRIME-scaled-e1660237664641.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/696656563740045\/posts\/7917031018369194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims a knife-wielding man is going door to door attacking people in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>There are no credible news reports to suggest a knife-wielding man is going door to door attacking people in Missouri. The Franklin County sheriff said he had no knowledge of such an incident.<\/p>\n<p>Various posts about a knife-wielding man going door to door attacking people circulated on social media in late July and early August, with different iterations claiming the man is based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=5734809546550561&#038;set=a.145447308820174&#038;type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melbourne, Florida<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/251314908335401\/permalink\/2737745343025666\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charleston, South Carolina<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/411848255832933\/permalink\/1763989503952128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Springfield, Massachusetts<\/a>. The posts included a photo of the alleged perpetrator, which labeled him as having a British accent. Now, a similar post shared on Facebook claims a knife-wielding man is attacking people in Missouri.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"jsc_c_10\" class=\"ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg\">\n<div class=\"qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d\">\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<p>\u201cWatch out for this man, he\u2019s going around door to door in Franklin county, asking for money as he is saying he\u2019s locked out of his house,\u201d reads the post. \u201cCanadian accent also writting details down. House he was claiming was his, wasn\u2019t. If you dont give him the money, he will attack you. He attacked 3 home-alone teens last night with a knife and now wanted by the police for several crimes. If he knocks on your door, please call 911. WARN OTHERS.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The claim is baseless. Check Your Fact searched local news outlets, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/search\/?sd=desc&#038;l=25&#038;s=start_time&#038;f=html&#038;t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&#038;app=editorial&#038;nsa=eedition&#038;q=Watch+out+for+this+man%2C+he%27s+going+around+door+to+door+in+Franklin+county%2C+asking+for+money+as+he+is+saying+he%27s+locked+out+of+his+house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcstlouis.com\/search?find=Watch%20out%20for%20this%20man%2C%20he%27s%20going%20around%20door%20to%20door%20in%20Franklin%20county%2C%20asking%20for%20money%20as%20he%20is%20saying%20he%27s%20locked%20out%20of%20his%20house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KDNL ABC 30<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/?submit=&#038;s=Watch+out+for+this+man%2C+he%27s+going+around+door+to+door+in+Franklin+county%2C+asking+for+money+as+he+is+saying+he%27s+locked+out+of+his+house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/search?q=Watch+out+for+this+man%2C+he%27s+going+around+door+to+door+in+Franklin+county%2C+asking+for+money+as+he+is+saying+he%27s+locked+out+of+his+house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KSDK<\/a>, but did not find any credible reports that matched the story shared on Facebook. No mention of such an assailant could be found on the Union Missouri Police Department or Franklin County\u2019s 911 Communications\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unionmissouripolice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FranklinCoMo911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton told Check Your Fact in an email that he had no knowledge of such an incident occurring.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake report about a violent crime has gone viral on social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/29\/fact-check-post-homeless-men-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> recently debunked a viral post that claimed two men in Pottstown, Pennsylvania were pretending to be homeless and then attacking people in the area.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims a knife-wielding man is going door to door attacking people in Missouri.There are no credible news reports to suggest a knife-wielding man is going<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}