The Secret Service is checking out after a Florida guy was apprehended in West Palm Beach and billed with asking for the murder of President Donald Trump on Facebook.
West Palm Beach neighborhood Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, was apprehended after supposedly intimidating the life of the head of state, West Palm Beach Police Chief Tony Araujo verified throughout an interview Saturday.
Atkins is billed with felony scare tactics, medication property and smuggling contraband in an area apprehension center, according to prison documents.
Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, was apprehended after supposedly intimidating the life of President Donald Trump. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
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A pointer was contacted to the FBI National Threat Operations Center late Sunday, coverage Atkins was making terrible dangers versus the head of state on Facebook.
A Palm Beach investigative started functioning the instance on Monday, and located “disturbing” articles, according to Araujo.
Some of the articles were: “Lincoln, JFK, Reagan, Martin Luther King and Trump – unfortunately, one is still alive”; “Bullets, please. Jesus, save America”; and “I’ve been banned from X because I said ‘I hope and pray someone kills him. We haven’t had an assassination in years.'”
President Donald Trump mentions the economic climate throughout an occasion at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,Saturday ( AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The division acquired likely reason and started security, apprehending Atkins near among his homes at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Officers located 3 bags of drug in Atkins’ pocket at the time of the apprehension, according toAraujo
While being talked to, he confessed to creating the Facebook articles, however claimed he was joking, authorities claimed.
Republican governmental prospect previous President Trump is hurried offstage after being fired throughout a rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Folks, this is not a joke. Nothing of that sort is a joke,” Araujo claimed throughout journalism seminar.
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The Secret Service was informed and is assessing the instance to identify if there will certainly be government costs, the division claimed.
“The U.S. Secret Service does not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” the company composed in an e-mail to Fox News Digital onSaturday “What we can say, is that the Secret Service investigates all threats against our protectees.”
Authorities verified the FBI was additionally associated with the examination.
Araujo claimed, in today’s environment, individuals can not make dangers, also amusingly.
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“We have incident after incident, example after example, of when these threats become real – and we take these very seriously,” he claimed. “Did we avert something – you never know. I do know that we developed probable cause, we arrested Mr. Atkins, and he’s going to have to answer the charges.”
Atkins was released a $5,000 bond for the medication costs, however bond was rejected for the dangers versus Trump, according to prison documents.
