Man held without bond for threatening inauguration violence
Source: Associated Press
Jan. 21, 2021
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 7:48 p.m.
This 2014 booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, in Chicago, shows Louis Capriotti. Prosecutors say Capriotti has been arrested on a federal charge that he threatened to take the lives of President-elect Joseph Biden and other Democrats at the upcoming inauguration in Washington. (Cook County Sheriff’s Office via AP)AP
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois man was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly threatening the lives of President Joe Biden and other Democrats before this week's inauguration.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes rejected a defense argument that there was no evidence Louis Capriotti had any real plan to act on the threat. Capriotti, 45, of Chicago Heights faces a federal charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
In rejecting bail for Capriotti, Fuentes said it was concerning Capriotti continued to make threats of violence to members of Congress even after the FBI told him a year ago to stop making threats.
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“If they think that Joe Biden is going to put his hand on the Bible and walk into that (expletive) White House on January 20th, they’re sadly (expletive) mistaken,” a man alleged to be Capriotti can be heard saying.
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Ill. Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Dems at Inauguration Was on FBI Radar for Months: Court Docs
Louis Capriotti, a 45-year-old from Chicago Heights, appeared in court Thursday on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce
Published 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago
A suburban Chicago man who was arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Democrats during President Joe Biden's inauguration was on the FBI's radar for months before his arrest, according to a criminal complaint.
Louis Capriotti, a 45-year-old from Chicago Heights, appeared in court Thursday on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. He was ordered held without bond.
The criminal complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, alleges that in a Dec. 29 voicemail for a U.S. House member from New Jersey, Capriotti stated that if certain individuals “think that Joe Biden is going to put his hand on the Bible and walk into that [expletive] White House on Jan. 20, they’re sadly [expletive] mistaken.”
“We will surround the [expletive] White House and we will kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn,” the complaint states.
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https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ill-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-dems-at-inauguration-was-on-fbi-radar-for-months-court-docs/2420306/
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