A New York man has been charged with making online threats to kill immigration agents and their families, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew White, 43, of Jamestown, was arrested and charged with one count of communicating interstate threats, according to a press release on Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors said White operated an account on the social media platform X that, in April, published a series of violent threats targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and senior Homeland Security officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one post, he allegedly wrote, \u201cKill them all, ICE is the new age gestapo, stop them.\u201d In another, he commented, \u201cThen understand that if your ICE agents don\u2019t show proof of identity and a signed warrant, we will kill them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White also allegedly responded to coverage of ICE arrest operations with additional threats, including one message in which he wrote, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to put a bullet into this guy\u2019s brain, but first his children,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White voluntarily spoke to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in early June and allowed them to extract data from his phone, which prosecutors say corroborated the threatening posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White made his initial court appearance on Tuesday and was released with conditions. If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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