EVERETT — A Snohomish man who allegedly emailed a threat against Washington’s Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown is being held on $200,000 bail after a district court judge found “substantial danger” the suspect would commit a violent act if released.
At 8:40 a.m. Friday, a public records officer at the attorney general’s office discovered an email from the suspect stating he would allegedly perform a citizens’ arrest on Ferguson and Brown, and resistance would be met with lethal force, according to court documents. The email also included talk about corruption at the FBI, Snohomish Police Department and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
The 44-year-old man closed the email by stating, “I’m going to give Bob Ferguson and Nick Brown a single request to get on the ground and put their hands behind their back and if they make any motions towards me or to get away I will shoot to kill them on sight.”
This is not the first instance of the suspect contacting Brown or Ferguson’s offices.
On Dec. 16, the suspect spoke over the phone with an executive receptionist at the governor’s office, where he stated their office was preventing him from filing a police report against corrupt officers, court documents said.
During the call, the suspect reportedly said, “Are you going to do your job or do I need to come down there and grab [expletive] Ferguson and throw his [expletive] on the ground and arrest him myself.”
The receptionist was able to identify the caller as the suspect from prior calls to the office, court documents said.
On Jan. 3, detectives received a search warrant for T-Mobile location information, which led law enforcement to the suspect’s residence, where they arrested him that evening, court documents said. When asked if he understood his rights, he refused to answer, stating, “I’m exercising my first right.”
Law enforcement booked him into the Snohomish County Jail on suspicion of threats against governor or family.
At the Monday hearing, the Pro Tempore Judge Kim McClay found probable cause for the charge and maintained the previously set bail.
Jenna Millikan: 425-339-3035; jenna.millikan@heraldnet.com. X: @JennaMillikan
