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An Arizona man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump during his border visit in Cochise County.
Ronald Syvrud, 66, was taken into custody by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department, according to a post on its Facebook page.
“On Tuesday, August 21, 2022, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office was advised of a threatening message on social media from a male subject directed at candidate Donald Trump,” the news release stated.
“This message contained language that indicated bodily harm to the candidate,” it continued. “As a result of this information, research was conducted that led to the identity of the suspect Ronald Syvrud, and the discovery of multiple outstanding warrants.
A wanted person flyer/information was released to the public in an attempt to locate Syvrud, to allow charging with the outstanding warrants, and as an investigative lead in the threats case.”
The statement noted that a second post on Wednesday also threatened Trump’s life.
“As part of the operations plan in place for the visit of candidate Donald Trump on today’s date, locating this subject was a priority. Intelligence developed led to a possible location in the St. David area and multiple units deployed to the location,” the sheriff’s department wrote.
Syvrud was apprehended Thursday afternoon, the same day Trump visited Arizona.
“Syvrud was subsequently booked into the Cochise County Jail on a felony warrant from Graham County (AZ) for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and two counts of threatening for this case,” the statement concluded. “Syvrud remains in custody pending further court adjudication.”
Trump successfully held his event but quickly left afterward, telling one News Nation reporter, “We’re in danger.”
The Secret Service was reportedly notified of the threat in advance. Trump told News Nation’s Ali Bradley that he was not alerted of the danger ahead of his border event.
The threat comes just over one month after Trump was shot during an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One supporter was killed, with two other men seriously wounded and eight shots fired before 20-year-old Thomas Crooks was eliminated in the response to the shooting.