AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 31-year-old was arrested Sunday after the Criminal Investigation Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety received an online tip regarding Facebook posts threatening to kill officials at the Travis County courthouse, which included threats against the judge presiding over a separate civil case involving the suspect.
Ryan Scott Simpson is charged with the state jail felony offense of terroristic threat against a peace officer or judge and is currently being held in the Travis County Jail on a $15,000 bond, according to Travis County court records.
NewsNation affiliate KXAN will reach out to Simpson’s attorney when that information becomes available.
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Court records show the DPS investigator found several instances of violent threats where Simpson tagged Travis County Court #4 Judge Dimple Malhotra, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and many other government and law enforcement officials on Facebook…