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HomeFeaturedFrank Carillo Arrested for Alleged Threats Against Vice President Kamala Harris

Frank Carillo Arrested for Alleged Threats Against Vice President Kamala Harris

The DOJ says that Frank Carillo made online threats against the Vice President and thousands of posts and replies in online forums targeting the President of the United States, FBI Director, and other public officials.

Virginia man Frank Carillo is accused of allegedly making online threats against Vice President Harris and other officials.

Frank Carillo Arrested for Alleged Threats Against Vice President Kamala Harris. Credit Roanoke City Jail

The U.S. Department of Justice Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Virginia announced a man from Winchester has been charged for allegedly making online threats against Vice President Kamala Harris.

U.S. Attorney Press Release

Winchester Man Arrested for Making Threats Against Vice President

Monday, August 5, 2024

For Immediate Release

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia

Frank Carillo Made Thousands of Posts Online Targeting Public Officials

Charlottesville, Va. – A Winchester, Virginia man, who made online threats against the Vice President and thousands of posts and replies in online forums targeting the President of the United States, FBI Director, and other public officials, was arrested today on federal charges.

Frank Lucio Carillo, 66, made his initial court appearance this morning in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Virginia after being arrested last week at his home in Winchester. Carillo is charged in a federal criminal complaint with one count of making threats against the Vice President of the United States.

“Open political discourse is a cornerstone of our American experience. We can disagree. We can argue and we can debate. However, when those disagreements cross the line to threats of violence, law enforcement must step in,” United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia said today.

“The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people. We take all threats of violence seriously, and we will investigate them to the fullest and hold those responsible accountable,” Special Agent in Charge Stanley M. Meador of the FBI’s Richmond Division said today.

According to court documents, on July 27, 2024, the Maricopa County, Arizona, Recorder’s Office notified the FBI’s Phoenix Office of potential threats being made on the social media platform GETTR. The threats were being made by a user with the name “joemadarats1.”

FBI searched the “joemadarats1” user account and discovered approximately 4,359 posts and replies made by the user targeting various public officials including, but not limited to, President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Vice President Harris was mentioned 19 times by “joemadarats1,” including numerous threats of violence.

In a February 2024 post, “joemadarats1” said he had his “AR-15 LOCKED AND LOADED.”

Authorities used GETTR subscriber information and other investigative methods to match the “joemadarats1” username with Carillo and to locate his physical location in Winchester, Virginia.

On August 2, 2024, authorities at the FBI Richmond executed a search warrant at Carillo’s home and seized a 9 mm pistol, an AR-15 rifle and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

The FBI in both Richmond, Virginia and Phoenix, Arizona, and the United States Secret Service are investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Welsh is prosecuting the case.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Updated August 5, 2024

Source: WFXR NEWS

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