Crime New Jersey man arrested for threatening Volusia sheriff on 4chan, Sheriff’s Office says

A man from New Jersey was arrested on Monday for threatening to kill Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood, authorities said.

Richard Golden, 38, faces extradition to Volusia County and a felony charge for written threat to kill or cause injury, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Golden’s threat, posted on a 4chan on Feb. 22, regarded Chitwood’s stance against an upswing antisemitic activities in Volusia County.

The threat read: “Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem...But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him.”

The Central Florida Intelligence Exchange flagged the threat and launched a joint investigation.

South Brunswick Police Department officers arrested Golden Monday afternoon. According to the arrest report, Golden told detectives that he did not intend to act on the threat he made.

Golden is being held at the Middlesex County Corrections Center, pending extradition to Volusia County.

In a statement, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said “the anonymous nature of the internet may make people feel they can say anything, but if you make threats or put people in fear we will use all our resources to track you down.”

Chitwood has been publicly denouncing hate-speech and hate groups following a stunt last month over International Speedway Boulevard, where white supremacists where recorded holding up antisemitic signs in an attempt to harass Jewish people.

The following day, antisemitic messages and flyers were spread throughout Volusia County. The Sheriff’s family was also targeted by hate groups.

“I cannot wait to meet [Golden] when he gets off the plane,” Chitwood said, “because one of the first faces he’s going to see welcoming him to the Volusia County Jail, the happiest place on earth, is going to be me.”

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The post in question

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

Too bad /pol/acks already flushed that down the toilet by allowing real mass shooters on your board. How many were there in 2022? Was it 2, 3 or 4? I lost count. This mad hairy fat loser is going to big boy prison to suck dicks guaranteed.

>Look at these people who did things
>this guy who didn't do anything is now going to do gay sex
Also what's with bringing up gay sex? Why are Americans so obsessed with it?

 

[Mothra1988]

>Look at these people who did things
>this guy who didn't do anything is now going to do gay sex
Also what's with bringing up gay sex? Why are Americans so obsessed with it?

It's what happens in prison. Are you serious? lol

 

[Grinrow2]

Jeez Styx is looking rough

 

[Troonos]

>Look at these people who did things
>this guy who didn't do anything is now going to do gay sex
Also what's with bringing up gay sex? Why are Americans so obsessed with it?

Amerimutts with a sub-70 IQ really love our cops, our law enforcement, and love our military (they're important), so they think it's really cool that we steal decades of a person's life by throwing them in a concrete box for tax evasion, nonviolent and victimless crimes, and refusing to cooperate with a tyrannical government and their fat retard enforcers with badges, so it's a joke to them that some guy who didn't want Joe Biden giving his earnings to Ukraine gets anally raped by our less-evolved cousins.

 

[Subaru Impreza WRC]

If you want more information on the leadup to this, here is a thread on a press conference Chitwood had a few days ago.

He's a very fascinating man:
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Would you buy the Volusia County Sheriff merchandise:
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wait so the sheriff is a degenerate transvestite faggot too? damn I hope he slips on a banana peel and rolls his ankles. (this is not a credible threat to his life, dear @FBI)

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

wait so the sheriff is a degenerate transvestite faggot too? damn I hope he slips on a banana peel and rolls his ankles. (this is not a credible threat to his life, dear @FBI)

Ron Desantis now has you IP.

 

[LurkTrawl]

“Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem...But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him.”

That's not a violent, actionable fucking threat.

Fuck this Chitwood nigger. When this guy inevitably gets out and has an actual reason to want to kill the retard I'll have no pity if he does.

Edit: I feel the need to explain this: if this is enough now to be considered an "actionable threat", to talk about someone like this in this manner, then we have actual sitting politicians, celebrities, and news pundits who should be arrested or at the very least detained for questioning wrt shit like, oh I don't know, the fucking 2020 riots.

I cannot believe this retard is a sheriff yet so fucking ignorant of how the 1A works. I hope the judge who ends up dealing with this clown shit humiliates this circumcised-cock sucker publicly.

 

[libRT]

RIP WolfeTone

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

How is this a violent threat? He's not threatening to kill the sheriff. He's not even asking other people to kill him. He's just saying "I hope someone shoots him dead", which is free speech because wishing for the assassination of public officials is not a crime. And it's true--sheriff Chitwood does deserve to be shot in the head (and the rest of his body with a gun firing tar and feathers), because that's what people would've done to him back in the good days. It's funny to compare this to the Youtube schizo arrested by the FBI the other day, since he said far more direct threats and only got hit with illegal firearms charges.

He's using textbook incitement. Why do you think it has to be in first person to be illegal? Jesus, I learned this in school.

Like I know you think fedposting is anything that criticizes a politician more than "let's peacefully vote the bad guys out of office", but you have to know that's the same argument used for saying Trump belongs in jail for his incitment to January 6. Courts don't interpret "incitement" that way since you have to be way more specific than "shoot him in the head", you have to say to a group who can actually carry out the threat "shoot him in the head at this place on this day."

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Legalese aside, I bet he will take a plea deal.

 

[Fatniggo1488]

I don't see how this is constitutional on multiple fronts. Firstly, under the 6th amendment, he would have to stand trial in the area in which the "crime" was committed, which should be his home state. On the first amendment front, obviously saying someone else should kill someone is considered protected speech, or most of the US would be in prison.

I'm pretty sure telling others to do murder is also illegal.

You should murder yourself.

 

[The Tall Man]

Forget the "in minecraft" part of the post. How is that legally considered a threat if he didn't say he was going to do it?

A public official holding this view

Chief Raymond Hayducka said “the anonymous nature of the internet may make people feel they can say anything, but if you make threats or put people in fear we will use all our resources to track you down.”

should immediately get fired.

"someone said that he would kill me on the Internet. ARREST HIM!" -Chief Raymond Hayducka

 

[Johnny Salami]

4chins is taking it laughing

Spoiler: Copy Pasta that is meant to archive, alphabet niggers

Total Chitwood death. Kill Chitwood. Behead Chitwood. Roundhouse kick Chitwood into the concrete. Slam dunk Chitwood's baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy zogbots. Defecate in Chitwood's donuts. Launch Chitwood into the sun. Stir fry Chitwood in a wok. Toss Chitwood into an active volcano. Urinate into Chitwood's gas tank. Judo throw Chitwood into a wood chipper. Twist Chitwood's head off. Report Chitwood to the IRS. Karate chop Chitwood in half. Curb stomp faggot zogbot Chitwood. Trap Chitwood in quicksand. Crush Chitwood in the trash compactor. Liquefy Chitwood in a vat of acid. Eat Chitwood. Dissect Chitwood. Exterminate Chitwood in the gas chamber. Stomp Chitwood's skull with steel toed boots. Cremate Chitwood in the oven. Lobotomize Chitwood. Mandatory abortions for zogbots. Grind zogbot fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown Chitwood in donut grease. Vaporize Chitwood with a ray gun. Kick old zogbots down the stairs. Feed Chitwood to an alligator. Slice Chitwood with a katana.*
*on garry's mod

Man I really hate the clownword we live in today.

 

[Duke Nukem]

He actually didn't though. He's very much suggesting it but not saying he's going to do it. It was stupid for him to do so but the fact you can actually get arrested for it is insane. He didn't give any indication of following through or that he was saying he'd do it himself at all.

True that, just because you allegedly have freedom of speech doesn't make stuff like this a good idea. However, nowhere in the Constitution or Bill of Rights did it say that freedom AFTER the speech was guaranteed.

 

[MadStan]

He deserved to be arrested. He’s an antisemitic ass and made threats. The world is a better place with him for a while behind bars. Hard to believe there are people on here that think the guy got a hard break.

 

[Breadbassket]

True that, just because you allegedly have freedom of speech doesn't make stuff like this a good idea. However, nowhere in the Constitution or Bill of Rights did it say that freedom AFTER the speech was guaranteed.

That's certainly an interpretation of the 1st Amendment you don't see very often.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

He deserved to be arrested. He’s an antisemitic ass and made threats. The world is a better place with him for a while behind bars. Hard to believe there are people on here that think the guy got a hard break.

He did not make a single threat. He expressed his desire to see this bitchmade sheriff shot in the head which is 100% First Amendment protected, just like being an antisemite is. Unlike Britfag/Eurofag countries, there are actually laws that protect free speech.

 

[Apochrypha]

Threatening someone should not be illegal. Having a neckbeard however absolutely should be.

 

[derpherp2]

That's certainly an interpretation of the 1st Amendment you don't see very often.

Not really.
Freedom from speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences is the most common cope in the world.

This is why the ultimatum of "either all of it is okay or none of it is okay" will eternally ring. Because people will draw arbitrary lines and then be surprised when those lines are imaginary and constantly being crossed. Especially by people they fucking hate.

I don't trust you, the sheriff, jesus fucking christ, hitler, imaginary dragons, or the sun to make some magic objective line amongst all of this that will be fucking perfect that will cater to everyone's paradoxical whims. Which is why everything should be okay. Everyone will start drawing lines again anyways.

 

[Akari Is My Wife]

Forget the "in minecraft" part of the post. How is that legally considered a threat if he didn't say he was going to do it?

They'll try to railroad him and ruin him because he acknowledged that violence might be necessary to fix things. Doesn't matter that it wasn't a threat.