TAMPA, Fla. – A St. Petersburg man was arrested after posting on Instagram that he would “cause havoc on the subway” in New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a release, DOJ officials said that the man — identified as Robert Trout III, 19 — threatened to go to a New York subway on Thanksgiving to shoot anybody he saw.
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“If you’re from New York City, do not take the train on Thursday evening,” he reportedly stated.
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The release says Trout also showed off his firearms while making these threats, and he demonstrated extended clips with 60 bullets while saying, “That’s 60 shots. That’s 60 people dead.”
Trout was ultimately taken into custody and made his initial appearance in federal court on Friday in Tampa, the release shows.
He faces a charge of knowingly transmitting in interstate commerce a true threat. If convicted, Trout faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
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