68-year-old Jupiter, Florida resident Michael Wiseman was arrested this week for making threats against President Trump, Senator J.D. Vance, and their children on Facebook.
Wiseman’s threats were allegedly made on his Facebook account. According to the police investigation, he made several threats against Trump and Vance, who were recently nominated as the Republican candidates for President and Vice President, respectively.
In a press release issued by Deputy Chief Michael Barbera, the JPD provided the following details:
On Friday, July 19, the Jupiter Police Department arrested Michael M. Wiseman on charges of Written Threats to Kill after an investigation found that the suspect had made written threats on social media against former President Donald Trump and Senator J.D. Vance and their families.
JPD was alerted to the threats through multiple online crime tips as well as residents who expressed their concern in person. After investigating the reports and the suspect’s Facebook account, JPD detectives found that Wiseman had made multiple threats against Trump and Vance, who earlier this week became the Republican nominees for President and Vice President, respectively. Threats were also made concerning bodily harm to members of the Trump and Vance families.
JPD coordinated the investigation with the United States Secret Service and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office. JPD officers took Wiseman into custody without incident.
Local WPBF reported on Wiseman on Friday night.
Newsweek reported:
Police in Jupiter, Florida, arrested one individual on Friday who was accused of making threats online toward former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance.
According to a release from the Jupiter Police Department (JPD), the suspect, Michael M. Wiseman, was taken into custody without incident on charges of Written Threats to Kill for threats he allegedly made on social media. Police said that their department received “multiple” tips about the suspect’s comments through online crime tips and from “residents who expressed their concern in person.”
Detectives at the JPD said that they found Wiseman had made “multiple threats” against Trump and Vance on his Facebook account. The suspect is also accused of making threats “concerning bodily harm to members of the Trump and Vance families.”
The news release said that JPD coordinated with the U.S. Secret Service and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office during their investigation into Wiseman.
