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The man who jumped a barrier at a Donald Trump rally in Dayton pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation.

A college student awaiting federal trial on a charge he tried to rush the stage at a Donald Trump rally asked for court permission Wednesday to go to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention featuring Trump as its presumptive presidential nominee. In the motion, Thomas DiMassimo swears he will abide by federal and local laws while at the July 18-21 convention. Judge Sharon Ovington didn't rule immediately. DiMassimo's attorney declined to comment, citing the judge's admonition to both sides not to discuss the case publicly. The Wright State University student was arrested March 12 at a Dayton-area rally at an...

CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a college student awaiting trial on a charge he tried to rush the stage at a Donald Trump rally violated conditions of his bond and would be placed on electronic home detention. Judge Sharon Ovington's ruling came just hours after Wright State University student Thomas DiMassimo asked permission to go to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. She said he admitted violating conditions she set in March allowing him to be free under his own recognizance. It wasn't clear exactly what those conditions were. She ordered him to be turned over...

CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a college student awaiting trial on a charge he tried to rush the stage at a Donald Trump rally violated conditions of his bond and would be placed on electronic home detention. Judge Sharon Ovington's ruling came just hours after Wright State University student Thomas DiMassimo asked permission to go to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. She said he admitted violating conditions she set in March allowing him to be free under his own recognizance. It wasn't clear exactly what those conditions were. She ordered him to be turned over...

Tommy DiMassimo, the Wright State University student with Atlanta ties who in March rushed the stage at an Donald Trump rally in Ohio, has raised $340 from 10 people through a Go Fund Me page for his legal defense as of Wednesday afternoon. His funding goal is $25,000, according to the page. DiMassimo was arrested March 12 after he vaulted a stage barrier and rushed to the back of the stage in a hangar near Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. His Go Fund Me page gets political, saying that he rushed the stage “not to...

Thomas DiMassimo’s attorney does not think his client will be charged in state court, but that the federal misdemeanor charge will go forward. “I don’t think he’s going to be charged in both jurisdictions,” said Jon Paul Rion, who added that he didn’t think DiMassimo would be in Dayton Municipal Court on Tuesday. “It’s clear that Thomas is simply a college student who, in his mind, was simply engaging in a form of political speech and making a statement, in his own mind. “He is not a member of any organization. Those statements (of DiMassimo’s possible ties to ISIS) are...

Thomas DiMassimo’s attorney does not think his client will be charged in state court, but that the federal misdemeanor charge will go forward. “I don’t think he’s going to be charged in both jurisdictions,” said Jon Paul Rion, who added that he didn’t think DiMassimo would be in Dayton Municipal Court on Tuesday. “It’s clear that Thomas is simply a college student who, in his mind, was simply engaging in a form of political speech and making a statement, in his own mind.

Bernie Sanders supporter and ISIS sympathizer Thomas Dimassimo made an attempt on Donald Trump's life today at a rally in Dayton Ohio. Dimassimo was released on nominal bail before law enforcement officers were able to properly vet his social media account. If they had seen his social media account, Dimassimo would have been held without bail. In his Twitter account, @younglionking7, Dimassimo announced his plan to attend a Donald Trump rally. Dimassimo also expressed his desire to be a martyr....

A Donald Trump rally took a dramatic turn Saturday when a disturbance broke out behind him -- causing Secret Service agents to jump on stage and form a wall around the candidate amid the commotion. A campaign spokeswoman said that a man at the Dayton, Ohio, event "attempted to breach the secure buffer and was removed rapidly and professionally." The suspect was identified as Thomas Dimassimo, 32, and was charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic -- both misdemeanors, Chief Mike Etter of the Dayton Airport Police Department told NBC News....

Revealed: Man, 22, who rushed the stage at Trump rally is a former child actor who caused uproar last year by standing on top of the American flag in anti-racist demonstration at his college**SNIP** 'Currently in line for the rally. Currently never been more scared in my life,' he wrote Saturday on Twitter at 3.23am. 'If I can get good thoughts and prayers from my TL (time line) it would be much appreciated,' Dimassimo wrote Saturday at 7.37am. 'I'm at this you know what rally bout to you know what.' On Friday the Wright State University acting major tweeted: 'I've...

This will obviously need numerous updates as more information flows in. An attempted physical attack on Donald Trump took place earlier today in Dayton Ohio – DETAILS HERE – The attacker was identified as Tommy DiMassimo.A student of Wright University in Dayton Ohio, Tom Dimassimo is a progressive leftist thug who has participated in various protests including flag burningBy his own admissions DiMassimo is self-identified as an activist with Black Lives Matter, and various left-wing social justice groups. In addition he’s a Bernie Sanders supporter.However, shocking new video has now surfaced of Tommy DiMassimo also participating in ISIS propaganda...

Start watching at 1:45:00 towards end of video. Trump is discussing a protester (a diversion) and 45 seconds later, the Secret Service/Cops run onto the stage and surround Trump.

Today frontrunner Trump had a protester rush the stage after a planned diversion. The USSS took the person out. Was yesterday and today attempts on Trumps life? Yesterday there was a plan to have 20 protesters rush Trump on stage. How can 4 agents defend that assualt?

BREAKING – Trump Ohio Attacker, Tommy DiMassimo, Connected To ISIS – Suspect Featured In ISIS Propaganda Videos 2015…

A better camera angle of the attack on Trump.

protester just rushed stage at Trump rally after diversion

Hours after Donald Trump canceled a Friday night rally in Chicago, citing safety concerns as hundreds of vocal protestors filled the crowd, he appeared before a crowd in Dayton, Ohio, to condemn the "planned attack" in Illinois, Reuters reports – even as a man at the Dayton event allegedly moved toward the stage, sending Secret Service agents to surround Trump. Video from the rally captured the moment agents suddenly appeared next to Trump when a man "attempted to breach the secure buffer and was removed rapidly and professionally," a campaign spokeswoman told NBC News. Identified as Thomas Dimassimo, he was...