Retired NYPD Sergeant Arrested Over Beheading Threat After 1 Mosque Expansion Vote
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 3
Retired NYPD Sergeant Arrested Over Beheading Threat After 1 Mosque Expansion Vote
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 3
Summary
Florida authorities arrested 68-year-old Rodolfo Mienert after they say he posted “off with his head!” about Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott over Scott’s vote backing a mosque expansion.
Detectives traced the Facebook account to Mienert through its IP address, and he later confirmed the account was his, according to the sheriff’s office affidavit.
Scott had voted last month for a land-use change allowing the North Pinellas mosque to expand; Mienert had also spoken against the project at an Oct. 27 county commission meeting.
Mienert, a retired NYPD sergeant with 22 years on the force, was charged with one felony count of written or electronic threat to kill, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
He remained in the Pinellas County Jail and was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, as Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said threats tied to a commissioner’s vote would be strictly prosecuted.