A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show.

Alexander Lightner, 26, of Venice, Florida, allegedly posted comments online that were “intended to convey the message that he was planning to conduct a racially or ethnically motivated mass casualty event,” according to an affidavit.

He was interviewed by FBI agents from the bureau’s Tampa Field Office a week later on January 5, and law enforcement executed a search warrant at Lightner’s home before he was arrested.

While searching Lightner’s home, FBI agents found an unlawful firearm suppressor in a laundry hamper of a bedroom he shared with his brother and “propaganda regarding white supremacist and accelerationist ideology in Lightner’s bedroom,” according to court records.

  • Nougat
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    5410 months ago

    Am I the only one who’s relieved that the guy made an “interstate threat,” so that federal authorities were involved, instead of only Florida law enforcement?

    • theprogressivist
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      3710 months ago

      Knowing Florida, they would’ve recruited him to Desantis’ brownshirts.

      • prole
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        410 months ago

        It’s so fucked up that this isn’t even really a joke.

      • TheWoozy
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        110 months ago

        That’s still an option for this “hostage”.

    • @stoly
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      010 months ago

      I often find myself feeling that way.