FL Man's Threats Against President Biden Lead To Arrest: DOJ

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — A man from the Florida Panhandle was arrested Monday for threatening President Joe Biden and other federal officials after former president Donald Trump was shot, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Jason Patrick Alday, 39, of Quincy, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force and the U.S. Secret Service. The arrest was announced Wednesday after Alday made his initial appearance in federal court in Tallahassee.

The criminal complaint alleges that Alday sent threatening communications, made threats against the president of the United States, and threats against federal officials.

Alday was ordered detained pending trial.

The arrest came two days after the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by the alleged shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crook, who fired several shots at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. WFLA reported Trump said this week that one bullet struck his right ear. One of the bullets fired at Trump killed firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, a spectator who was in the bleachers. Two others were seriously wounded.

The case is being investigated by the United States Secret Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Eric Welch.