Crime & Safety
FL Man Threatened To Kill President Trump: U.S. DOJ
A FL man was arrested after posting a photo of himself with an AR-15-style rifle and a threat to kill Trump on Instagram, the U.S. DOJ said.
PLANT CITY, FL — A 20-year-old Plant City man was arrested earlier this month and charged with threatening to kill the president of the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
Nick Guadalupe Cruz-Lopez faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted.
He posted a photo of himself in a vehicle holding an AR-15-style rifle with the words, “MAGA Otw to kill trump” (sic) to his Instagram account on April 2, the department said.
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Federal agents found Cruz-Lopez that day and arrested him.
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