BISBEE, Arizona — A southern Arizona man has been arrested after allegedly making death threats against Donald Trump on social media, authorities said Thursday, the same day the Republican former president and 2024 candidate was in the area to Visit the US-Mexico border.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, of the town of Benson. It’s in the same county as the border area Trump visited in the afternoon and where his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, has been in recent weeks.
According to the sheriff’s office, Syrvud was arrested around 2:30 p.m. No description of the alleged threats or other details about the arrest were provided.
An online search did not turn up any social media accounts with Syrvud’s name, nor any contact information for him.
According to the sheriff’s office, Syrvud was also wanted on several outstanding warrants in Wisconsin for driving under the influence and failing to appear in court, as well as a hit-and-run charge in Graham County, Arizona, and failure to register as a sex offender in Coconino County, Arizona.
Trump survived a attempted murder july 13This Wednesday, at his first outdoor rally Since the attack, he has spoken behind bulletproof glass in North Carolina at a meeting on national security.