A Hawaii man faces federal charges after allegedly sending emails threatening to kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and open fire inside the state Capitol in Lansing, the FBI announced.
Ronald Saville, 48, is charged with transmitting interstate communications containing threats. On May 9, he allegedly emailed Michigan State Police, writing that he would enter the Michigan State Capitol “and open fire and kill as many people as possible. I mean what I say I’m not a joke.” He then allegedly sent a second email to Whitmer, warning, “on Tuesday second, Lancy, Michigan is never gonna be the same again going to walk into the state capital shoot it up and kill as many people as possible than I’m coming for you.”
Saville has a prior history of threatening public officials. He was convicted twice on similar charges — once for threatening former President George W. Bush in 2006, and again for threatening former U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway of Hawaii in 2012.