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North Carolina man sentenced after threatening to kill ICE agents
WYFF4 ^ | 11/20/2025 | Stephanie Moore

Posted on 11/21/2025 1:49:09 PM PST by simpson96

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man threatened to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Charlotte officers if immigration enforcement actions did not stop.

Johnathan Trent Thomas, 27, of Linwood, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to making threats to murder federal officers to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the performance of their official duties, according to Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

According to filed court documents and court proceedings, on May 14, a caller, later identified as Thomas, contacted the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) and threatened to kill ICE and officers.

During a second telephone call with a CMPD officer, Thomas warned that he was coming to Charlotte with armor-piercing ammunition, night-vision devices, and body armor to kill law enforcement officers and threatened to “shoot them all” if he observed anyone making arrests.

Thomas was referencing arrests made previously by ICE federal agents on Albemarle Road in Charlotte.

Court documents show that Thomas stated that if a police officer pointed a gun at him, he was just going to open fire. He also said that he would “Swiss cheese” the officers if they were doing the same thing they did before, meaning making arrests.

Thomas made additional threats to law enforcement, including that he had Tannerite (an explosive) all around his house if the police came, and referenced April 29, 2024, which is the date that four law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in Charlotte, warning that he “could do a whole lot better than that.”

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Thomas’s residence, seizing three rifles, a handgun, and a variety of ammunition.

According to court records, Thomas has an extensive history of threatening law enforcement, to include the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office and CMPD, and had previously followed CMPD officers in marked patrol cars while they were performing their official duties.

Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of threatening to murder federal law enforcement officers, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Thomas remains in federal custody.

A sentencing date has not been set.


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1 posted on 11/21/2025 1:49:09 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Another “Catch and release” biatch?


2 posted on 11/21/2025 1:53:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Freedom isn't free but Socialism is expensive as hell. American taxpayers will have to pay for it)
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To: simpson96

Looks a little alcohol fetal syndromy.


3 posted on 11/21/2025 1:56:49 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: simpson96

I liked the Socialist Democrats when they just stole the elections and bought more government seats than the LA Dodgers did World Series trophies. Now they have become real ahos and have gone to killing people and their children. It’s almost time America. Start spending a little more time at the range.


4 posted on 11/21/2025 1:57:16 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Freedom isn't free but Socialism is expensive as hell. American taxpayers will have to pay for it)
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To: simpson96

North Carolina man sentenced after threatening to kill ICE agents .....A sentencing date has not been set.

OK?


5 posted on 11/21/2025 2:05:38 PM PST by utax
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To: simpson96
Headline posted doesn't match article.
6 posted on 11/21/2025 2:07:29 PM PST by fruser1
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To: simpson96

(Thomas made additional threats to law enforcement,
including that he had Tannerite)

BRILLIANT!!

What an idiot 🤣😂😀


7 posted on 11/21/2025 2:10:33 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: simpson96

To Johnathan Trent Thomas:

Put the remote down, and step away from the Gaslight Media on the boob tube.


8 posted on 11/21/2025 2:14:10 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: simpson96

It’s very strange.

I don’t have TeeVee in my house, so I’m apparently not subjected to the same Media that has these cretins all worked up.

Two brothers in Virginia yesterday, popping off in front of a plainclothes cop.


9 posted on 11/21/2025 2:18:39 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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