Mansfield Man Accused of Threatening President Had Weapons, Told FBI of Plan

A 26-year-old Mansfield man who was questioned by U.S. Secret Service agents last week allegedly told the FBI of his intent to kill President Barack Obama through an online tip line.

In a spoken electronic message, Andrew J. O’Keefe told authorities that he was planning to kill the president, even daring Secret Service agents to visit him according to the Sun Chronicle.

Those agents paid a visit to his West Village apartment last Friday. During a search of his house and car, police seized swords, knives, a DVD on cyanide, and an air compressed electronic rifle.

O’Keefe initially refused to leave his apartment before coming out 90 minutes later without incident.

While he was arrested on a warrant at Norwood Hospital for two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, he has yet to be charged with threatening the president.

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