Charlottesville, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW):  The Winchester man who made violent threats against Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Barrack Obama has been charged today.   

A federal grand jury in Charlottesville has stated Frank Lucio Carillo, under the Gettr username “joemadarats1”, made 4,359 posts, comments, and replies that were directed at several different public officials.  The targets of his ire were not just the two prominent democrats, but also included a staffer in the Maricopa County, Arizona Recorder’s Office.  Maricopa was one of the counties under scrutiny by the Trump campaign during the 2020 election.   

 The Phoenix FBI field office was tipped off about this threat and began the investigation into Carillo’s online activity, ascribing the “joemadarats1” username to him at his home in Winchester.   FBI agents in Richmond executed a search warrant on Carillo’s home on August 2nd, and seized two firearms, including a 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 rifle, along with several thousand rounds of ammunition.    

Carrillo is charged with 14 counts—five counts of making threats against Vice President Kamala Harris, five counts of interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure Vice President Harris, two counts of making threats against former President Barrack Obama and two counts of interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure former President Obama.  

 Investigation into the case by the FBI in Richmond and Phoenix, along with the US Secret Service, remains in progress.