Kerr County 21-year-old charged with threatening to kill President Obama in letters: reports

Gavin Friedman, 21, faces federal charges after he allegedly mailed letters threatening to kill President Barack Obama. Gavin Friedman, 21, faces federal charges after he allegedly mailed letters threatening to kill President Barack Obama. Image 1 of / 26 Caption Close Kerr County 21-year-old charged with threatening to kill President Obama in letters: reports 1 / 26 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — A 21-year-old man in Kerr County faces federal charges after allegedly threatening to kill President Barack Obama, according to media reports.

Gavin Leonard Friedman is being held in the county jail without bond after police say he sent several letters alluding to killing the outgoing president, KSAT reports.

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Friedman allegedly mailed four letters during the course of this year that threatened President Obama. On Jan. 22, Friedman said in a letter that “Obama will be killed so that (Friedman) can be martyred in the name of Allah,” the San Antonio TV station reports.

Later on April 3, Friedman said in a letter that he was going to assassinate “Obama because Obama is a puppet for Zionist Organized Government.”

He also sent two letter in September, one saying “I am going to kill (Obama) … He is a dead (expletive)” and the other saying “I am going to kill (Obama) that stupid (expletive),” KSAT reported.

It isn't immediately clear who the letter were sent to.

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Besides threats to President Obama, Friedman allegedly threatened to blow up the FBI Field Office in Houston and the White House in Washington, D.C. He also threatened in another letter to kidnap and kill the U.S. Attorney and the attorney’s family. He allegedly said in the letter he hired people to kidnap and kill the U.S. Attorney’s family, according to KSAT.

Friedman was in jail on other charges when he was formally arrested on the federal charges, the TV station reported. He was arrested in 2014 for felony assault on a public servant. Prior to that, he was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to online jail records.

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Police agencies were not available for comment due to the holidays.

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