BOSTON — A Cambridge man was arrested on Friday, March 13, 2026, and charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Alden Welch Ruml, 26, of Cambridge, was charged with one count of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another. Ruml was scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston following his arrest on Friday.
Federal prosecutors said the indictment alleges that on Feb. 28, 2026, Ruml sent an email to the victim’s email account. In that message, according to the indictment, Ruml referred to the victim in obscene terms and said he would be “happy” when her face is “canoed by an assault rifle.”
The charge of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another is punishable by up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Looney is prosecuting the case.
