Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury indicted Shannon Mathre, 33, for threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance and receiving and distributing child pornography.
Mathre, 33, is a resident of Toledo, Ohio, and allegedly told others in an online post that he is going to learn where Vance is going to be and use an M14 service rifle to kill the vice president. Vance visited northwestern Ohio in January.
"Our attorneys are vigorously prosecuting this disgusting threat against Vice President Vance," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said. "You can hide behind a screen, but you cannot hide from this Department of Justice."
Secret Service agents arrested Mathre on Friday after the U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio grand jury indicted him earlier in the week.
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