Authorities release 911 calls involving threats against President Trump

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A Florida man is under arrest after being accused of making multiple threats to take the life of President Donald Trump. The details of this unusual case are spelled out in a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report. Sheriff's detectives were able to arrest him before he was able to carry out his threats against President Trump. Justin Blaxton, 34, said little when he made his first appearance in court Wednesday. But sheriff's detectives say Blaxton had plenty to say when he called 911 threatening President Donald Trump. "I want Donald Trump at my house. Tomorrow's his last day on planet Earth," Blaxton said in a 911 call. According to PBSO, Blaxton made multiple 911 calls on February 26 which prompted deputies to drive to his Loxahatchee home. "Tell the FBI that I'm a mass murderer," Blaxton said in another 911 call. "I need a ride to the airport to be taken to the White House to assassinate the President," Blaxton said in one of the calls to 911. Deputies say when they arrived at Blaxton's home, he was nowhere to be found. But the next day they were able to arrest him on several charges, including making threats to discharge a destructive device. "I'm about to launch the missiles to destroy New York. I'm a Confederate soldier and I'm looking to get revenge. My missiles are attracted to Donald Trump's tower," Blaxton allegedly said during another 911 call. "I think that's probably the idle rant of somebody who's mentally deranged," said Jason Russell, a former U.S. Secret Service agent. Russell spent over 10 years with the U.S. Secret Service and worked security details for Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama. He is the founder and President of Secure Environment Consultants, a security consulting firm. "Every threat is gonna get some level of attention. What really normally happens though is you're looking at not necessarily the words that were said but a lot of the behaviors that might surround those words," Russell said. Russell says when someone makes a threat against a President, authorities would also look at other things. "So you might be looking at any weapon ownership, the ability for somebody to travel, is there any evidence that they've showed up at maybe campaign events or anything like that. A good percentage of the people that make threats have some level of mental illness or they're experiencing some type of mental breakdown," he explained. Russell says if you have a President such as Donald Trump, who has stirred up controversy, that can result in more threats. "Whenever you have somebody who's maybe a little bit more controversial or something that we haven't seen before, you're gonna see that increase in threats. Obviously just the nature of the political landscape now is increasing the number of threats," Russell said. Blaxton is charged with making a threat to throw, place, project or discharge a destructive device, making a false report of a bomb/explosion, and making false 911 calls. His bond is set at $35,000 and he has a hearing in mental health court on April 16.

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