Phoenix (AZ Family) — A Virginia man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening Vice President Kamala Harris after the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office tipped off the FBI, officials announced.
According to court documents obtained by the Arizona family, the office of Arizona’s top elections official, Stephen Richer, notified the FBI’s Phoenix office on July 27 that someone had posted a video about Richer on a social media platform. He said he was threatening him. gettersimilar to the “X” formerly known as Twitter.
According to the FBI, a person later identified as Frank Lucio Carrillo with the username “joemadarats1” targeted multiple public officials, including President Joe Bident, Harris, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Richer. Investigators announced that they had discovered that there were more than 100 posts and replies.
According to court documents, Carrillo mentioned Harris 19 times on social media sites. The threats included killing her and burning her alive, according to court records.
In one book, the author writes, “Harris will regret ever trying to become president. If that happens, I’ll personally gouge her eyes out with pliers, but before I do that, I’ll have to get in my way.” I intend to shoot and kill all of them.”
In February, Carrillo posted, “AR-15 locked and loaded.”
FBI agents said they used Carrillo’s email address to track her to Winchester, Virginia, about 90 minutes west of Washington, D.C.
He was arrested at his home on Friday. Investigators said the suspect had a 9mm handgun, an AR-15 rifle and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Carrillo told officers that if the search was “about online.” I posted it,” the affidavit states. He later said incredulously: “This is the end of comments, right?”
Carrillo was charged with one count of threatening the vice president of the United States, federal officials said.
He appeared before a federal judge for the first time Monday morning.
“Open political debate is a cornerstone of our American experience. We can disagree. We can argue, and we can argue. But these disagreements are When a threat of violence crosses the line, law enforcement must intervene,” Christopher R. Kavanaugh, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, said in a statement Monday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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