Indiana Man arrested for threatening Elon Musk on X, cops feared one other UnitedHealthcare case
An Indiana man has been taken into custody on a felony cost of intimidation after allegedly making on-line threats in opposition to Elon Musk. The arrest comes after authorities in Texas flagged the regarding posts on X, resulting in an investigation by Indiana State Police (ISP).
Who’s David A. Cherry? Man threatened Elon Musk on X
David A. Cherry, a 28-year-old resident of Palmyra, was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation into life-threatening statements he allegedly posted on X.
Regulation enforcement officers haven’t disclosed the particular content material of the threats, however they have been deemed critical sufficient to warrant rapid motion. He has since been charged with one depend of felony intimidation and is being held with out bond on the Harrison County Jail.
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Authorities in Texas first alerted Indiana State Police early Tuesday morning a couple of consumer believed to be in southern Indiana who had posted threats directed at Musk. ISP detective shortly launched an investigation and swiftly tracked Cherry to Clarksville, the place he was taken into custody.
ISP finds arsenal in house of man who threatened Musk on X
ISP combed his house in Palmyra and located varied weapons and protecting gear, together with an AR-15-style rifle, a handgun, ammunition, and a ballistic vest.
“Clearly it’s a state of affairs the place you may have any individual makes public statements on a social media community for everyone to see – threats in opposition to one other individual – and that needs to be taken very severely,” ISP Sgt. Carey Huls acknowledged in a post-arrest assertion.
“You realize, it was simply December final yr, (UnitedHealthcare) CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed strolling alongside the sidewalk in Manhattan. Had there been some sort of a social media submit previous to that that might have been regarded into and prevented one thing like this?”
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“So we will’t take these possibilities this present day to place one thing that’s very inflammatory, particular in direction of an individual, and simply anticipate that to go with out us wanting into it,” he warned.
“It’s a critical offense. Once more, life-threatening statements. Our detectives utilized for a search warrant, did go to the person’s home, the place they discovered another data that may relate to these statements to mainly corroborate and say, sure, this can be a risk.”
