The U.S. Secret Service has filed a criminal complaint against a Michigan man who allegedly made death threats to hundreds of people, including President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, during a four-day spamming marathon on the X platform that ended Sunday.
The account user, who has 30 followers on his X account, also threatened to launch nuclear attacks on various targets.
After obtaining subscriber information from Elon Musk’s X, investigators traced the identity and location of the user of the Lancer227 account, a Prudenville resident who has been identified as Russel Douglas Warren, born in 1975.
A criminal complaint was filed in the Eastern District Court of Michigan for threats against the president and successors to the presidency.
The suspect has a prior felony conviction, dating from 2022, for assault with a dangerous weapon, the court filing shows.
‘Operation Vengeance’
The threats and ramblings began on Thursday and lasted through the weekend.
“A complete evacuation of Washington DNCN must begin immediately,” Mr. Warren allegedly wrote on Thursday, 4:20 p.m. “We’re gonna drop a m–– bomb on it.”
In many of the posts, the user acted like he was commanding the military, issuing orders for executions and bombings on hundreds of targets—including individuals, organizations, or physical locations.
“Operation Vengeance is NOW IN EFFECT,” the account said. “The Use of NUCLEAR WEAPONS has been authorized.”
“I always wanted to be a police man ever since I was a little boy,” one post said. “The closest I got to that was being a Police Reserve Officer. Now, I am the CHIEF Law Enforcement Officer of the World!”
Threats against the U.S. president were made on Friday.
“The President of the United States of America, Joesph Biden, has been CONDEMNED. Take him to the Prisons to await execution. He shall be hanged.”
An identical message was posted on Saturday, this time aimed at the vice president.
Other similar messages targeted lawmakers, officials, and celebrities by name; several were directed at “all agents” of the U.S. Secret Service, all Federal and Supreme Court Justices “past and present,” “all capitol police officers,” all members of House and Senate, on and on.
Threats to bomb the headquarters of the U.N., CIA, NSA, FBI, X Corporation, and others followed each other in rapid succession, as did orders ordering the nuclear destruction of Israel, London, Beijing, the Vatican, and other locations, including Disney theme parks and the Statue of Liberty.
Some were exempt from “Operation Vengeance,” such as the Berkley, Michigan, Police Department. “They protected me from David Wilcock, who tried to kill me using Witchcraft. The officers gave me lots of Love.”
“Adolf Hitler & Mummar Gaddafi, Best friends and having the Time of their Lives in HEAVEN.”
Cannabis Induced Psychosis?
Amidst the threats and statements came a request for marijuana.
“Can one of the people monitoring my posts please bring me some KIND bars and a marijuana vaporizer cartridge,” it read. “Thank you.”
However, a few posts later, Mr. Warren shared a very different sentiment when it came to cannabis distributors.
“All Marijuana shops shall be Burned to the ground. Marijuana Shop Owners shall be shall be executed.”
However, “Marijuana Shop Employees are free to go.”
The criminal complaint specifically highlighted another message allegedly posted by Mr. Warren on Thursday, in which he identified himself as “Russ” and claimed that former President Donald Trump was responsible for his death.
“My name is Russ. After having a stroke, I was hospitalized in a nursing home. Unable to make my own medical decisions, I was forced to get vaccinated multiple times. I understand that I am dying. I understand that Donald Trump killed me.”
The veracity of Mr. Warren’s claims about his medical status has yet to be confirmed.
