A man allegedly called The Properties of The Villages sales center and made obscene threats following President Trump’s visit to Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.
On Monday, Robert L. Martindale, 74, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court for the first time to answer a felony bomb threat allegation.
The Spokesman Review newspaper in Spokane, Wash., stated that the sales center received 11 threatening phone calls from a number later traced to Martindale in Spokane in a short period Saturday morning, according to court records. Employees informed investigators that he used profanity, grumbled about Trump’s visit to The Villages on Friday, and made threats.
The sales center employees reported the threats to local law authorities, who forwarded them to the US Secret Service.
“My friends and I are getting our semiautomatics and are coming to blow you guys up because of that scumbag Trump,” Martindale allegedly told one of the employees, according to the newspaper.
Ironically, Trump stated during his appearance at The Villages High School in Middleton that he felt “safe” there. His presence came less than a week after a heavily armed man was captured at the Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C., before the start of the White House Correspondents’ annual dinner, where Trump was sat at the head table.
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