An Iowa man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly left threatening voicemails targeting a transgender high school student.

After reading a news article about a Nevada high school freshman who was born female but now identifies as male, suspect Mondell Olson allegedly left voicemails at the high school, threatening to brand, assault and kill the transgender student, according to the KCCI report.

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