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Arizona authorities have launched an urgent manhunt for a suspect accused of threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump during a visit to the border on Thursday. Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, is wanted in connection with an alleged assassination plot targeting Trump's visit to a vulnerable section of the southern border in Cochise County, AZ. This incident comes just six weeks after an assassination attempt on Trump's life, during which a bullet grazed the former president's ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in what has been called a...

An Arizona man has been detained after he allegedly made several social media threats to kill former president Donald Trump. Ronald Syvrud, 66, made the threats over the last few weeks, a spokesperson for Cochise County told CNN. The spokesperson didn’t say which platform Syvrud used to make the threats. The Benson resident has several outstanding warrants, including DUI charges, felony hit and run, as well as failing to register as a sex offender, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook. The Sheriff’s office added on the social media platform as a “public safety consideration” that “Syvrud is being...

COCHISE COUNTY, Az. (TND) — A man accused of threatening to kill the Republican presidential nominee and former president was taken into custody.Cochise County Sheriff's Office confirmed over the phone that Ronald Lee Syvrud was taken into custody without incident.This comes after authorities posted Thursday morning that they were looking for Syvrud due to "suspicious activity."The National Desk learned that. authorities were looking for Syvrud because they believed he made threats against Donald Trump.Cochise County Sheriff's Office confirmed that they identified a threat that stated a presidential candidate would be killed.Syvrud, who has several outstanding warrants, was sought by authorities...

An urgent manhunt is underway for an Arizona sex offender who allegedly threatened to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his Thursday visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. Ronald Lee Syvrud — whom the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office described as a 66-year-old white man who stands at six feet tall, weighs 220 pounds, and wears glasses — allegedly made the unspecified threats on social media, the Daily Mail reported. A press release from the sheriff’s office revealed that Syvrud, whose last known address is in Benson, has multiple open warrants in Wisconsin for DUI and failure to appear in court, as...

Cops in Arizona are hunting for a convicted sex offender who allegedly threatened to kill Donald Trump — and they believe he’s on the loose in the border region where the former president is set to speak Thursday. Ronald Lee Syrvud has several outstanding warrants — including for a DUI in Wisconsin and a hit-and-run in Arizona — where he is also sought for failing to register as a sex offender, according to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.

Suspect has outstanding warrants in Wisconsin and Arizona, police said A manhunt is underway in Arizona for a suspect who threatened to kill former President Trump ahead of a rally in the Copper State later Thursday. The Cochice County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect as 66-year-old Ronald Lee Syrvud. The sheriff’s office said Syrvud has outstanding warrants from the state of Wisconsin for DUI, failure to appear for DUI and from Graham County Arizona for hit-and-run and felony failure to register as a sex offender. The sheriff’s office said it also has an absconder hold for Syrvud for failing...