(Jewish Group) Florida man jailed after threatening to shoot up local synagogue
A Florida man threatened to shoot up a local synagogue and in text messages said he hates Jews.
Hanson Larkin, 25, of DeLand, was arrested Friday by the FBI and appeared later that day in Orlando federal court. He was charged with making threats using interstate communication, the Miami Herald reported.
He appeared in court again on Tuesday and was denied bail.
Larkin made the violent threats in text messages to the cellphone of an individual identified in some reports as a friend.
Police told the Daytona Beach News Journal that the victim is a Jewish man who rejected romantic advances from Larkin.
Among the messages cited in the complaint: “I bought a gun with my first paycheck If I don’t meet you I will be forced to use it,” and “If meeting me for five seconds is not worth the lives of multiple Jews then I have no other option.”
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