Jerez ‘Kidd Cole' Nehemiah Stone-Coleman of ‘Catfish' Indicted for Allegedly Making Threats Against Metro System

“Kidd Cole” of "Catfish" fame was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to alleged threats he made against the Metro Friday, according to prosecutors.

Cole, whose real name is Jerez Nehemiah Stone-Coleman, is facing 11 felony counts for separate incidents dating from December 2014 through May 2015, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Coleman is being charged with 10 counts of threatening and/or conveying false information in an alleged attempt to engage in terrorist attacks or other violence against mass transportation systems after allegedly threatening the Metro rail and bus system, said prosecutors.

He is also being charged with one count of transmitting in interstate commerce a communication containing a threat to kidnap or injure, said prosecutors.

The 20-year-old was arrested Wednesday in his Southeast D.C. home and was initially charged in a criminal complaint, said prosecutors. He made his first appearance in the U.S. District Court in D.C. on the following day.

Coleman called 911 on 11 occasions to report threats against the Metro system, including bomb threats and hostage situations, said investigators. In one case, the caller said that people from France placed bombs around the Potomac Yard Avenue Metro Station, and that those people planned to kill a police officer.

The threats were always proven to be false, but only after train stations and buses had been evacuated for safety, according to prosecutors.

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Additionally, last year Coleman was charged with identity fraud in Richmond for a scam at Virginia Commonwealth University and received a suspended jail sentence, according to prosecutors. He was also featured on the MTV reality TV show “Catfish” last year where he pretended to be a well-known rapper to allegedly gain money from a fan online.

Coleman remains held pending a detention hearing June 2, according to prosecutors. The hearing will probably become an arraignment on those charges, according to William Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. 

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