Arizona sex offender who threatened to kill Donald Trump during his border visit now in custody

08/27/2024 / By Laura Harris

The office of the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona has disclosed that a registered sex offender who allegedly threatened to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his visit to the southern border is now under custody.

On Aug. 22, the Daily Mail reported that Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, allegedly made unspecified threats against Trump on two social media posts on Aug. 21 and 22. The report also stated that the planned assassination attempt was intended for his trip to the border in Sierra Vista.

Sheriff Mark Dannels stated that the nature of the threat remains unclear but clarified that they have “zero tolerance for any kind of threats or intents of violence.”

“We have zero tolerance for any kind of threats or intents of violence, so we’ll find him. He’ll go to jail,” Dannels said in a statement posted on social media. “He’s a registered sex offender here in Cochise County, and we were looking for him. He’s out of compliance as part of his violations. So we’re looking for him on that. We’re going to arrest him on that. But also the fact his pulse was obviously directed toward this event. So we want to talk to him about that.” (Related: New Secret Service director announces changes to security protocol following failed Trump assassination attempt (in which the Secret Service was complicit.)

After a thorough investigation, Syvrud was arrested that same day.

“As part of the operations plan in place for the visit of candidate Donald Trump on today’s date, locating this subject was a priority. Intelligence developed led to a possible location in the St. David area and multiple units deployed to the location. At approximately 2:16 pm, units on the scene observed the suspect traveling outside of the identified location, and a felony stop was conducted. Syvrud was taken into custody without further incident at approximately 2:30 pm,” Dannels posted on the official Facebook page of Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office booked Syvrud into the Cochise County Jail on “a felony warrant from Graham County for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and two counts of threatening for this case.” Dannels also added in his post that “Syvrud remains in custody pending further court adjudication.”

Trump shrugs off new death threat

The social media threat came only six weeks after the failed assassination attempt against the former president during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

In a conversation with the Daily Mail reporter, Trump admitted that he had not heard about the threat, likely because law enforcement wanted to keep it from him. However, he was still informed about a potential threat against him during a visit to the border wall.

“What are your thoughts coming down here? Some people told me it’s dangerous for you to be here,” Trump stated. “I heard it’s dangerous, but I also have a job to do. I heard it’s very dangerous. I haven’t heard about that. They probably want to keep it from me.”

He joked about leaving immediately upon hearing the news but maintained that he had a job to do despite the dangers. “Thank you for telling me, let’s get out of here right now. No, thank you very much for saying, but no,” he added.

He even expressed his respect for the Secret Service in line with the previous attempt on his life.

“And I have great respect for Secret Service, the job they do, including a month and a half ago, when they were jumping on top of me with bullets flying right at them. So, mistakes were made, and they’re going to learn from the mistakes. But I have great respect.”

Trump.news has more stories about the failed assassination attempt and other death threats on the former president.

Watch this clip of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grilling Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe during the July 30 Senate hearing.

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