A 28-year-old South Carolina man faces charges that he threatened the lives of several people including President Obama.
Patrick Randell McIntosh Charleston, S.C. was arraigned in Atlanta U.S. District Court.
“McIntosh is charged with making violent and disturbing threats online and via email to several people, including a threat to the life of the President of the United States,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates in a statement.
According to Yates, McIntosh posted on his Facebook page his plans to shoot patrons at a local Atlanta lounge and to kill the President of the United States.
After posting the various threats, the defendant purchased three firearms from individuals who advertised weapons for sale, she said, according to the release.
