Man Arrested in Gwinnett Faces Charges of Threatening President
The South Carolina man was arraigned in federal court in Atlanta. He also faces firearms charges.
A South Carolina man who was arrested in Gwinnett County on firearms charges also is charged with threatening the life of President Barack Obama on Facebook. Patrick Randell McIntosh, 28, of Charleston, SC, was arraigned in U.S. District Court Wednesday (Feb. 27) in Atlanta for making "violent and disturbing threats online and via email, including a threat to the life of the President of the United States," according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta. According to federal authorities in Atlanta, McIntosh was indicted in January for illegally possessing three firearms and a large amount of ammunition while under indictment for a felony offense and for threatening the president. He had been released on bond …
