TALLAHASSEE MAN CHARGED FOR THREATS TO KILL THE PRESIDENT, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, & FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida posted the following news release:

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TALLAHASSEE MAN CHARGED FOR THREATS TO KILL THE PRESIDENT, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, & FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN

Diego M. Villavicencio, 36, of Tallahassee, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of interstate communication of threats, one count of impeding or retaliating against a federal official, and one count of threats against the President. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges today.

Villavicencio appeared for his arraignment in federal court before United States Magistrate Martin A. Fitzpatrick in Tallahassee, Florida. Jury trial is scheduled for May 5, 2026, before Chief District Court Judge Allen C. Winsor.

If convicted, Villavicencio faces up to five years' imprisonment on each count of interstate communication of threats and threatening the President and ten years' imprisonment for impeding or retaliating against a federal official.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Capitol Police, the Federal Reserve Board Protective Service, and the United States Secret Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Eric W. Welch.

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government's burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. To access available public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (https://ecf.flnd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl) website. For more information about the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida, visit https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl.

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Original text here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/tallahassee-man-charged-threats-kill-president-member-congress-federal-reserve