A third person has been arrested for making death threats against a Florida sheriff who took a stance against antisemitism in his community earlier this year.
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In public comments a week later on a new bill aimed to enhance criminal penalties for extremists, Chitwood said, "These scumbags came to the wrong county. We are not going to tolerate this."Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood outside his home in Port Orange, Fla. on March 16, 2023.
His arrest follows those of Tyler Meyer in California and Richard Golden in New Jersey on the same charges for allegedly making threats on 4chan to kill Chitwood, the sheriff's office said.Meyer, 30, was arrested on March 31 by the San Diego Police Department. According to the Volusia Sheriff's Office, the FBI traced an anonymous post on a 4chan board to him that stated: "It's too bad Mike Chitwood isn't safe now that I'm planning to kill him.
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