West Palm Beach police arrest man who allegedly threatened to kill Trump
Police in West Balm Beach, Florida, on Saturday announced the arrest of a 46-year-old man who allegedly made threats on social media to kill President Donald Trump.
Police in West Balm Beach, Florida, on Saturday announced the arrest of a 46-year-old man who allegedly made threats on social media to kill President Donald Trump.
At a news conference Saturday, Police Chief Tony Araujo said police received a tip on Jan. 19 — the day before Trump was inaugurated — that the man, Shannon Atkins, lodged threats against Trump on Facebook.
“They were violent rhetoric, political views and his opinion aimed at the president,” Araujo said of the threats.
Atkins was arrested near his West Palm Beach home on Friday night, Araujo said. He added that the suspect was allegedly found with three baggies of cocaine in his pocket.
Atkins faces one count of written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism — a second-degree felony — and charges of possession of cocaine, according to a release from the West Palm Beach Police Department.
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