- An Apopka man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening in social media messages to murder Mayor Bryan Nelson.
- Police arrested Hector Raul Cartagena, 64, early Wednesday after 24 to 30 hours of monitoring, finding him with a knife around his neck during a home confrontation.
- Nelson linked the motive behind the threats to local social media hate groups spreading falsehoods.
An Apopka man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening in social media messages to murder Mayor Bryan Nelson.
Hector Raul Cartagena, 64, was charged with four counts: two counts of written/electronic threats to kill or bodily harm another, one count of aggravated stalking with a credible threat, and one count of intimidation-threaten of an elected official.
There is no relation between the suspect and Apopka firefighter Hector Cartagena, who had been falsely identified by a local social media user as the suspect…