Sacramento, California
AP
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A person suspected of firing a gun into the ABC-affiliated tv station in California’s capital had written notes in his automotive important of Donald Trump’s administration and a calendar reminder on his fridge to “do the next scary thing,” prosecutors stated Monday.
Nobody was damage in the taking pictures Friday into the foyer of the studios of KXTV ABC10 close to downtown Sacramento. Local authorities arrested Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, on Friday on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon and taking pictures into an occupied constructing. He was launched hours in a while $200,000 bail.
Hernandez Santana was rearrested Saturday night time by the FBI and also will face federal fees associated to interfering with a federally licensed station and discharging a firearm inside a faculty zone. His protection lawyer, Mark Reichel, stated Hernandez Santana would plead not responsible in each circumstances when he’s arraigned on the federal fees Monday afternoon and in state courtroom on Tuesday.
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho stated investigators discovered a calendar note on Hernandez Santana’s fridge stating “Do the next scary thing” and dated Sept. 19, the day of the taking pictures.
A search of the suspect’s automotive turned up an anti-Trump ebook, Ho stated Monday. Authorities additionally discovered a handwritten note which stated “For hiding Epstein and ignoring red flags,” Ho stated. The note talked about FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying they had been “next,” prosecutors stated.
Evidence factors to a politically motivated crime and “it appears that he was also looking at other places, other people,” Ho stated. But he didn’t say why prosecutors imagine Hernandez Santana focused the ABC affiliate particularly or whether or not it might need been associated to ABC’s suspension of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over feedback made about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
ABC10 is an affiliate of ABC however not owned by the community. It is owned by Tegna. It can also be an affiliate of NCS.
The district lawyer stated his office will search to maintain Hernandez Santana with no bail.
Hernandez Santa first shot into the air in the course of the TV station after which drove to the entrance of the constructing and fired three photographs into the foyer, in accordance to a assertion from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Bill Essayli, appearing U.S. lawyer in Southern California, criticized Hernandez Santana’s fast launch on bail earlier than he was later arrested by the FBI.
“Welcome to California, where someone can commit attempted murder and be back on the streets the same day,” Essayli posted Saturday on X.
Reichel, the suspect’s protection lawyer, stated he believes the federal authorities will use the case to make a political level. ABC10 reported the suspect had social media posts important of the Trump administration.
“I am certain the Trump administration and his DOJ dislikes his political posts on social media, and they will take any opportunity to take a state crime committed by someone who is considered ‘liberal’ and make it a federal offense to use it as political fodder for their never ceasing attempts to demonize those who disagree with the President’s policies,” Reichel stated in an e mail.
“It is remarkably uncommon for any individual to face simultaneous state and federal charges for the same alleged conduct, Reichel said. Mr. Hernandez Santana is entitled to due process — he is innocent unless and until he is found otherwise.”
Reichel stated Hernandez Santana had a profession as a lobbyist in the state Legislature and he had simply retired in the previous few years.