CLEVELAND, Ohio – A 20-year-old man from a suburb near Youngstown was arrested early Saturday in connection with posting threats online toward a Youngstown Jewish community center.

James Reardon was taken into custody by New Middletown police, with assistance from other local law enforcement agencies and the FBI.

He is in Mahoning County Jail on telecommunication harassment and aggravated menacing charges, the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office website shows. He is being held on $250,000 bond.

New Middletown Police Chief Vincent D’Egidio told WYTV that they began investigating Reardon after an Instagram video posted July 11 was brought to the attention of law enforcement. The video shows a man firing a semi-automatic weapon, with background sounds of sirens and people screaming. The post’s caption read, “Police identified the Youngstown Jewish Family Community shooter as local white nationalist Seamus O’Rearedon.”

The Instagram video’s location tag was the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown.

Once police determined the post was made by Reardon, they discovered the rest of his social media feed was filled with racist content.

When executing a search warrant at Reardon’s home early Saturday, authorities confiscated two AR-15s, a .40-caliber anti-tank gun, a rifle with a bayonet and knives, according to WFMJ. Body armor and racist memorabilia was also taken from the house.

Reardon will be arraigned Monday morning, D’Egidio told WFMJ.

In addition to his recent online postings, it appears that Reardon attended the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. D'Egidio told local Youngstown news outlets that there is a YouTube video featuring Reardon, and in the video he says he is a white nationalist who wants a “homeland for his people.”

Jewish community leaders in Youngstown and Cleveland were quick to respond to the news of Reardon’s arrest.

“I am so very grateful to the local FBI and law enforcement for their swift and strong response to this matter and for their continued willingness to keep the lines of communication open at all times,” Andy Lipkin, the Executive Vice President of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation said in a news release. “The positive result here is a clear example of the importance of monitoring social media to identify credible, hate-fueled threats before they are acted on.”

The Cleveland regional office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) also noted that it has been in close contact with the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, and area synagogues have been put on alert with extra security in place.

“While currently we do not have any belief that there is still a threat, the police are investigating other potential suspects, requiring us to remain vigilant and to maintain our heightened security presence,” an ADL news release says.

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