PHOENIX - Officials with the United States Attorney's Office say a grand jury has indicted a Phoenix area man for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump and his family.
In a statement released on Dec. 20, officials identified the suspect as Manuel Tamayo-Torres of Tolleson. He was accused of committing multiple criminal offenses, including making a false statement while buying a firearm, making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, and possessing a firearm while subject to an order of protection.
Prosecutors allege that in November, Tamayo-Torres posted a threat on a social media platform to harm the President-elect, including that "he was going to kill the President-elect and do violence to his family."
"In at least one of his posts, Tamayo-Torres displayed a firearm in the context of making threatening statements. That firearm, as well as others, were later located in his home," read a portion of the statement.
Officials said Tamayo-Torres was arrested in San Diego on Nov. 25, and "remains detained pending a detention hearing in the District of Arizona."