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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Toledo man charged with threatening Vice President JD Vance

2026-02-07

[ClevelandCom] A Toledo man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Northwest Ohio last month.

Shannon Mathre, 33, was indicted earlier this week and arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents on Friday, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Mathree appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge the same day and is being held in custody pending a Feb. 11 detention hearing.

If found guilty, Mathre faces a maximum of five years and prison and up to a $250,000 fine.

The indictment claims Mathre said, “I am going to find out where he (the vice president) is going to be and use my M14 automatic gun and kill him,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

And does he actually have an M-14 automatic rifle? I understand it is practically impossible for a civilian to get a license to buy automatic rifles, as opposed to semiautomatics.

Mathre also faces a charge of engaging “in the receipt and distribution of images that visually depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” according to the release. Federal agents found “digital files of child sexual abuse materials” in Mathre’s possession while investigating the threat claims against Vance, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

If found guilty of possessing the materials, Mathre could go to prison for up to 20 years and be forced to pay a fine of up $250,000.

Oh dear. And to think that no one would have noticed if he hadn’t started mouthing off.

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