A 39-year-old Florida resident, Jason Patrick Alday, has been arrested for threatening to kill US President Joe Biden and making threats against other federal government officials.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida stated that Alday was arrested on Monday.
According to the office, Alday, from Quincy, Florida, allegedly “engaged in sending threatening communications, making threats against President Joe Biden and other federal officials”, as announced on Wednesday.
The criminal complaint stated that Alday made threatening statements about Biden while being checked into a mental health facility in Tallahassee, Florida, last month.
The investigation began in June after an Intake Coordinator at the mental health facility contacted the United States Secret Service Tallahassee Resident Officer regarding Jason Patrick Alday’s behavior.
As Alday was being processed into the intake center, according to the intake coordinator, he said, “I don’t like President Biden. I want to kill him, slit his throat.”
On July 11, the Secret Service became aware of four posts made on X, previously known as Twitter, by an individual with the username Jason Alderman, according to the affidavit.
The first post on June 30 stated, ” Sources: Joe Biden’s health is declining rapidly. Not doing too good at all. Should I finish him off?”
The July 11 post read, “I’ll kill Joe Biden today!!”
The user, identified as Alday, then allegedly threatened the investigating Secret Service agent and used racial slurs.
According to the Department of Justice, Alday was arrested on Monday by the United States Marshals Service Task Force and the United States Secret Service.
Alday has been ordered detained pending trial.
His arrest came shortly after an assassination attempt on his Republican rival, Donald Trump.
Trump, 78, was injured in the ear when a gunman opened fire during a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
One rally attendee was killed, while the 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.