An elderly man in Florida was arrested after making threats to kill President Donald Trump on social media, according to a press release from Jupiter police.
Police said 73-year-old Glen DeCicco was arrested on Friday on a charge of making written threats to kill after he allegedly posted on Facebook that the president should be assassinated.
‘Instead of waiting for someone to actually be in the planning and preparation stage, we’re actually trying now to identify those potential individuals as potential targets, opening up investigations.’
Police said they were tipped off about the threats and reviewed DeCicco’s posts before coordinating the arrest with the United States Secret Service. Federal and local officers interviewed the man and arrested him without incident. He was booked into the
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