A man in Maryland has been arrested and accused of threatening to kidnap and kill Biden and Harris.
Source: New York Times
A man in Maryland has been arrested on charges that he threatened to kidnap and kill Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
A criminal complaint filed by the Secret Service on Wednesday did not describe any steps taken by the man, identified as James Dale Reed, to carry out the alleged threat. It said that on Oct. 4, Mr. Reed approached a house in his hometown, Frederick, Md., northwest of Washington, that had Biden-Harris campaign signs in the yard and left a handwritten note that contained graphic threats against the candidates and their supporters.
The residents video doorbell had captured an image of the man who left the note, the complaint said.
We are the ones with these scary guns, we are the ones your children have nightmares about, the note read in part. Mr. Reed, 42, was arrested last Friday and is being held without bond in Frederick County, Md., according to court records.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/elections/a-man-in-maryland-has-been-arrested-and-accused-of-threatening-to-kidnap-and-kill-biden-and-harris.html
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,831 posts)40 miles from DC, but might as well be Kentucky or West Virginia
While its often called Fredneck, Frederick is now as much a bedroom community for D.C. and the tech- and federal-government heavy inner suburbs as anything else. It also sports a really nice downtown with boutique shops and great restaurants.
Ive been to WV and the middle-PA region. Frederick isnt quite the same.
SergeStorms
(19,195 posts)U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command installation supporting a multi-governmental community that conducts biomedical research and development, medical material management, worldwide communications, and the study of foreign plant pathogens, among other nasty things.
That makes me feel better. I hope they have their finger on the pulse of that place!
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)Make America Great Again.
dware
(12,363 posts)he is solely responsible for these acts of terrorism, and, IMHO, he should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and, if convicted, sent the the Florence ADX in Colorado for the rest of his miserable life with no chance of parole.
PSPS
(13,591 posts)Investigators identified Reed as a suspect after getting a citizen tip. Someone who knew Reed saw the door camera footage and confirmed it was him.
The affidavit noted that Reed is known to the U.S. Secret Service for making a threatening statement against a person under USSS protection in 2014.
Reed was interviewed at his home on October 13 and denied he left the letter or being the person on camera. Two days later, however, he admitted writing and delivering the letter and was arrested.
He told investigators This will happen, referring to people making threatening comments due to the political climate.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)Harker
(14,012 posts)PSPS
(13,591 posts)robbob
(3,527 posts)Instead of just focusing on mathimatics...
Judi Lynn
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marble falls
(57,077 posts)It's ALWAYS a right winger.
yonder
(9,663 posts)"Applied Mathimatics" and "...still involved with are church."
It sounds like he'll have plenty of time to brush up.
NorthOf270
(290 posts)I am so scared of what is coming.
edbermac
(15,938 posts)SergeStorms
(19,195 posts)with these emotionally stunted little boys, doesn't it? Without their guns they feel so impotent.
Harker
(14,012 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)When Biden and Harris are elected, I really hope we get a Department of Justice that will root out, prosecute and jail these terrorists.
Grins
(7,212 posts)So he doesnt get the chance to vote for Trump.
Just to piss him off even more.
hadEnuf
(2,187 posts)And vermin terrorists like this are why some people want to take away their guns.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)after tRump's call to violence against him. And Moscow Mitch McConnell does nothing, says nothing. He's a national embarrassment!
I am so through with republicans.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)"very fine people"
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)These people aren't scary they are pitiful and pathetic.