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California man who threatened to kill Kavanaugh indicted on attempted murder charge
WTOPNews ^ | 6/15/2022 | Abigail Constantino

Posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:27 PM PDT by Nextrush

A California man has been indicted on federal charges of attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice.

Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, is accused of trying to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Court documents say that last Wednesday, Roske traveled from California to Montgomery County, Maryland, where Kavanaugh lives.

Just after 1.a.m on June 8, he went to the associate justice's house with a pistol, ammunition, a knife, cable ties, pepper spray, duct tape and other items that he told police he would use to break into Kavanaugh's house, kill Kavanaugh and then himself...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: California; US: Maryland; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brettkavanaugh; california; chuckschumer; kavanaugh; maryland; neilgorsuch; newyork; nicholasjohnroske; nicholasroske; scotus; spectrumcase; supremecourt
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1 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:27 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush
How close did this man bun progressive get to Kavanaugh’s house?
2 posted on 06/15/2022 7:27:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Nextrush

sometimes you feel like a nut,
sometimes you don’t...
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/armed-man-arrested-near-justice-kavanaughs-home-with-intent-to-kill
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A California man was arrested early Wednesday after he traveled to the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh armed with a gun, burglary tools, and a plan to kill Kavanaugh in order “to give his life a purpose,” prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint.

Nicholas John Roske, a 26-year-old from Simi Valley, took a taxi to Kavanaugh’s Maryland home and was armed with a Glock 17 handgun, a knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a nail punch, a crowbar, and a hammer, the complaint says.

He allegedly admitted to officers that he singled out Kavanaugh over the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, which affirms the right to abortion.

He also allegedly said he was angry about recent mass shootings, and feared Kavanaugh would further weaken gun control laws.

The complaint says Roske admitted to federal agents that he traveled from California to break into Kavanaugh’s home, kill him, and then take his own life.

But he ditched the plan as soon as he arrived at the conservative justice’s home.

Roske got out of a taxi in front of Kavanaugh’s home just before 2 a.m. Wednesday with a suitcase in hand and looked at two U.S. Marshals, who were standing guard nearby.

The complaint says Roske then turned around, walked down the street, and called 911 to admit he was armed and suicidal.

The Marshals took him into custody without incident and transported him to the Montgomery County Police Department’s Second District Precinct, where he allegedly confessed to the foiled plan.

“Roske stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice’s Montgomery County address on the internet,” the complaint says.

He allegedly admitted purchasing the handgun solely to shoot Kavanaugh. The 26-year-old is now charged with attempting to murder a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

He is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court on Wednesday afternoon.


3 posted on 06/15/2022 7:32:04 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Nextrush

The house is guarded by US Marshalls. Seeing the Marshalls, the young man called his sister. She advised him to turn himself in.


4 posted on 06/15/2022 7:32:24 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Gay State Conservative

As I recall he got dropped right in front of the house. Then he saw the federal marshals and walked away. He was in touch with his sister by phone somewhere near Kavanaugh’s house.

Then he called 911 the cops showed up and he told them he wanted to kill Kavanaugh.


5 posted on 06/15/2022 7:32:40 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: lurk
The house is guarded by US Marshalls.

I'm sure each Justice is under protection by US Marshals 24/7.

6 posted on 06/15/2022 7:36:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Nextrush

Poor widdle baby was feeling all depressed and stuff so of course he needed to go out and kill someone important.


7 posted on 06/15/2022 7:49:17 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa ruk America. )
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To: Nextrush
Imagine what would have happened in a guy in a MAGA hat had gotten that close to The Wise Latina’s house!
8 posted on 06/15/2022 7:52:12 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: MinorityRepublican

With the way The Big Guy’s Department of Just Us is run I wouldn’t bet a plug nickel that that’s true.


9 posted on 06/15/2022 7:53:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Nextrush

Color me surprised that he has been indicted.
I really figured it would be;
No harm, No foul


10 posted on 06/15/2022 8:01:35 PM PDT by Tupelo (Don't underestimate The Republican Party's ability to f*ck things up)
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I see a couple of weeks "probation" in that boi's future. Liberal "judges" are tough.

sarc/

11 posted on 06/15/2022 8:05:23 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump.)
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To: Nextrush

I hear he’s going to use the defense that the neighbor’s dog, Schumer, told him to do it. s/


12 posted on 06/15/2022 8:10:30 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Nextrush
Didn't he rat himself out?
He was/is crazy, but I give him credit for knowing that he was crazy and having the wherewithal to call 911 on himself. At least he had some level of conscious that told him that what he was being driven to do was wrong.
I think charges against Schumer and the Media, that have been egging on the mentally impaired to commit violent crimes, are more appropriate. Fortunately this particular 'loon' still had a conscious that spoke to himself. A lot of the leftist crazies don't have a conscious.
13 posted on 06/15/2022 8:11:47 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I don’t think so. Assuming he’s not found incompetent I think they’ll throw the book at him so as to try to get cred on law and order. White boy is expendable. That said I don’t think the effort went far enough to constitute attempted murder, though there should be other charges that could be successful


14 posted on 06/15/2022 8:18:39 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Has bail been set?


15 posted on 06/15/2022 8:20:47 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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To: Nextrush

He will promptly plead guilty and disappear.


16 posted on 06/15/2022 8:22:13 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Nextrush

Wow. That is super crazy.


17 posted on 06/15/2022 8:47:48 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Nextrush

this kid looks completely unhinged in a couple of photos, and normal in a few others.


18 posted on 06/16/2022 3:46:53 AM PDT by ronniesgal (is it safe?)
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To: Bullish

It is that or a school.


19 posted on 06/16/2022 4:17:54 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: lurk

OMG!! NOTHING about this ‘case” makes ANY sense. Did he DRIVE or FLY?? WHY did he take a TAXI???


20 posted on 06/16/2022 4:45:31 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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