FILE-President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Mitchell Center at University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A woman was charged with making violent threats against President Donald Trump through social media.
Megan Lorraine Utz, 36, of Courtland, Alabama, has been charged with threats against the President of the United States and interstate transmission of threatening communication, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama.
Woman threatened Trump on Facebook
Dig deeper:
On Oct. 5, Megan Lorraine Utz allegedly made a threatening post on Facebook about President Donald Trump’s attending a college football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that occurred on Oct. 10, according to the indictment and complaint from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama.
In the social media post, Utz said, "I’ll put a bullet through him if he dares." FBI agents, Secret Service agents, and the Florence Police Department located Utz in Florence, Alabama on Oct. 6. Utz was later arrested by police.
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What they're saying:
"Threats of violence are taken seriously, and we are committed to protecting the safety of our nation’s leaders," U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. said in an agency release.
Williams added "In an era in which our current President has faced multiple attempts on his life we will act swiftly to address threats such as those listed in this complaint. We commend our law enforcement partners for their swift action in identifying and apprehending the defendant."
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.