Secret Service Agent Says Tomah Man Was Going to Kill President Obama with a Slingshot
Friday, July 10th, 2015 -- 8:37 AM
(AP) -A Secret Service agent has testified that a Wisconsin man charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama said he planned to carry out an assassination with a slingshot.Secret Service Special Agent Jeffrey Ferris testified Thursday at a detention hearing for 55-year-old Brian Dutcher of Tomah. He says Dutcher made the statement in an interview after being detained.
Prosecutors say Dutcher traveled to La Crosse, where Obama was scheduled to make a speech earlier this month. An affidavit says Dutcher told a library security guard he would "take (Obama) out" if he got the chance.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports defense attorney Joseph Bugni asked that Dutcher be released to a friend. But Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled Dutcher was a danger and a flight risk and ordered that he remain in custody pending a trial.
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