A Palm Beach County man is accused of threatening to kill at least two local judges, posting on Facebook that he was prepared to “go down in that blaze of glory if necessary.”
John Mandia, 54, who lives west of Boca Raton, was arrested Tuesday on three counts of written threats to kill or do bodily harm.
According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office probable cause affidavit, deputies on Monday said they investigated Mandia after a concerned resident contacted law enforcement regarding Mandia’s social media posts.
The affidavit stated that one of the posts said the following:
“Yo, what happened to Trump happened to me first … Yo let’s go kill some judges and prosecutors and [in] Palm Beach. I’m coming and you can’t do a f****** about it.”
Deputies said they interviewed Mandia’s daughter about the statements, who had seen the post and became concerned that her father might act on these threats. The daughter said she also informed her mother, who expressed significant concerns.