Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood made good on his promise to personally welcome the New Jersey man who allegedly threatened to kill him as a result of he stood as much as antisemites.
The Florida lawman was standing on the foot of the escalator as just-extradited Richard Golden, 38, arrived on the airport.
“Hope you take pleasure in your keep. Welcome to Florida,” Chitwood instructed Golden as officers led him away.
Golden was rousted earlier this month from the Monmouth Junction residence the place he lived together with his mom after investigators traced feedback on 4Chan to his pc.
“Simply shoot Chitwood within the head and he stops being an issue. They must discover a new man to be the brand new downside,” Golden allegedly wrote. “However taking pictures Chitwood within the head solves the fast downside completely. Simply shoot Chitwood within the head—homicide him.”
On the time of Golden’s arrest, Chitwood stated, “I can not wait to fulfill him when he will get off the aircraft.”
On Monday, the sheriff defined why that was essential to him.
“I wished him to look in my eye and say, ‘You’re the man I wanna put a bullet in your head,’” Chitwood stated.
“Be a person. He got here down the escalator—he might have stated one thing. He didn’t say a phrase.”
Chitwood mocked Golden as a “keyboard commando” and snarked, “That’s who we have to be afraid of”—apparently referring to the suspect’s schlumpy look.
The sheriff says he has develop into a goal in extremist chatrooms due to his public condemnation of pathetic neo-Nazis who’ve arrange store in his county.
He stated that authorities are nonetheless investigating a handful of different threats by “nutballs.” In the meantime, he’s promoting T-shirts with slogan “Scumbag Eradication Workforce” and pacifiers emblazoned with “Mike Chitwood Damage My Emotions.”