Posted on 05/29/2025 1:57:39 PM PDT by DFG
Florida sheriffs don’t take kindly to being threatened, even if its from thousands of miles away.
Matthew Moulton, 45, of Washington, learned that lesson last week when Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood met him at the airport and gave him a private ride right to the county jail.
In March, a detective with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office discovered a rambling email sent by Moulton to Sheriff Chitwood, in which he details his grievances with the sheriff.
According to the affidavit, he appears to take issue with a campaign Chitwood launched last year, where he posted the mugshots and ‘perp walks’ of students who made false school shooting threats.
Moulton accuses Chitwood of targeting people’s free speech and purposefully “treating satire the same as sincerity.”
Seemingly unable to find any other recourse for his concerns, Moulton then threatens the sheriff’s life.
“I’m going to have to threaten you with death,” Moulton wrote in the email. “It’s coming. There’s nothing you can do to stop it.”
In Florida, any written threat to kill or cause bodily harm to someone is a felony. So, the detective contacted Moulton’s local police department and requested that an officer go ask him some questions.
According to the affidavit, Moulton admitted to the Washington officers that he did write the email, but claimed it was within his First Amendment rights to do so.
A judge signed a warrant for his arrest, and Chitwood was there to do the honors when Moulton touched down.
Moulton was charged with written or electronic threats to kill, a second-degree felony. His bond was set at $100,000. He’s set to appear in court on June 19.
I don’t understand how the guy ended up in Florida.
These guys always all look the same. Pear shaped, neckbearded losers. There has to be some sort of Basement Dweller Manual these guys all share, like the Handbook for the Recently Deceased in Beetlejuice.
Agree. He couldn’t have violated FL law from where he was. Maybe WA law and he definitely did violate federal law.
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It was a felony and he got extradited after the judge signed the warrant.
Extradited..:?
>> I don’t understand how the guy ended up in Florida
Felony Around & Find Out! 😉
It was a felony and he got extradited after the judge signed the warrant.
The Washington state judge wnted to get rid of the looney and Florida was happy to take him.
Michael Chitwood Jr. following in his father’s footsteps of creating his own headlines.
Mike, Sr. never met a mic he did not like. I knew him back in his Portland, Maine days.
“I don’t understand how the guy ended up in Florida.”
Yeah. Left out that part.
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