A 47-year-old Ocala man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly sent multiple threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend.
On Saturday, October 18, a male victim contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and advised that his friend, Jeffrey Stephen Minkema, had “threatened to kill him via text messages.” The victim stated that he began dating Minkema’s ex-girlfriend approximately one year ago, which made Minkema “very upset,” according to the arrest report.
An MCSO deputy reviewed the victim’s cellphone and observed that the victim had received numerous text messages from Minkema between the hours of 1:39 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on Saturday. Those alleged messages from Minkema included:
- “You are such a piece of (expletive) (expletive). I can’t wait to KILL YOU.”
- “I WILL (EXPLETIVE) KILL YOU, YOU (EXPLETIVE) (EXPLETIVE) PIECE OF (EXPLETIVE).”
- “Funny that you don’t confront me.”
- “Guess you are afraid of dying you lite (expletive) (expletive).”
- “Please meet me anywhere you want. I will (expletive) kill you.”
- “Go ahead, press charges. As soon as I know you do, I will (expletive) skin you before I kill myself and I will enjoy it. You don’t even realize who the (expletive) you messed with.”
- “Answer me you (expletive) piece of (expletive).”
- “I’m coming for you.”
The deputy noted that the victim did not reply to any of the messages that were allegedly sent by Minkema early Saturday morning. In addition, the report stated that Minkema “also called the victim approximately 12 times between the same time-lapse, [but] the victim did not pick up.”…