PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A 68-year-old retired New York City police sergeant was arrested after posting an online death threat against Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott over a vote approving a mosque expansion, authorities said.
Rodolfo Mienert was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and charged with one felony count of written threats to kill following an investigation by the sheriff’s Threat Management Unit.
Detectives began investigating on Nov. 2 after receiving a tip about a hostile comment left on a local news outlet’s Facebook page. The original post, published Nov. 1, criticized Scott for voting to approve the expansion of a mosque in Pinellas County…