An elderly Ocala man was arrested last week after he allegedly threatened to “blow up “ a local assisted living facility and “kill everyone” inside.
On Friday, April 25, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to Ocala Senior Living (11311 SW 95th Circle) in reference to a verbal altercation. Two victims met with the deputy and advised that a man, identified as Richard Thomas Gauthier, had threatened to “shoot” and “blow up” the facility’s staff members, according to the arrest report.
One of the victims told the deputy that Gauthier had threatened to “bring guns back” to the facility, adding that Gauthier threatened to “blow the building up and kill everyone.”…