Kansas man charged with threatening Biden held in Md. jail
January 30, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kansas man who was traveling to Washington was being held Saturday on charges of threatening President Joe Biden, authorities said.
Scott Merryman was in the Washington County Detention Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, awaiting a court appearance set for Monday, a detention center official said.
A court filing in the case said Merryman phoned police in Independence, Kansas, on Tuesday and told them that he was going to the nation's capital to see the president.
In a telephone interview with a U.S. Secret Service agent on Wednesday, Merryman said that God told him to go...
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