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Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce faces federal charges for threatening Mississippi judge Ashlee Cole

Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, a 27-year-old California man, has been charged with a felony count of threatening to injure another person. The charge stems from social media messages sent to Ashlee Cole, a Mississippi chancery judge whose son was a friend of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old who died during a boat trip in July 2026. According to the federal complaint, Dumarce allegedly sent messages stating he would send a package that would "blow you away" and warned of "so much blood everywhere." The FBI traced the Facebook account used by Dumarce to his residence in Sacramento. Cole has expressed her commitment to assisting the Wells family in their search for answers regarding the mystery of Wells' death. In a separate case, Michelle Francine Edwards, an Ohio woman, was charged for making dozens of bomb threats to Mississippi government offices. These threats, which triggered building lockdowns and K9 sweeps, occurred shortly after the death of Wells. Both Dumarce and Edwards face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

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