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Emile

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Thu Feb 20, 2025, 08:00 AM Feb 2025

Indiana man charged with threatening Elon Musk on X arrested for felony intimidation

(WXIN/WTTV) — An Indiana man has been arrested for intimidation after allegedly posting threats against Elon Musk on X – the app formerly known as Twitter that Musk now owns.

David A. Cherry, 28, was arrested Tuesday by police in southern Indiana after he allegedly posted life-threatening statements directed at Musk on the billionaire businessman-turned-politico‘s social media site.

Cherry, a Palmyra resident, was officially charged with one count of felony intimidation. Indiana State Police officials were contacted early Tuesday morning by Texas law enforcement regarding an X user they said lived in southern Indiana.

Texas authorities claimed Cherry had posted threats directed toward the richest man in the world / snip

Read more at: https://fox59.com/indiana-news/indiana-man-charged-with-threatening-elon-musk-on-x-arrested-for-felony-intimidation/

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Indiana man charged with threatening Elon Musk on X arrested for felony intimidation (Original Post) Emile Feb 2025 OP
And so it begins. patricia92243 Feb 2025 #1
Southern Indiana has its share of armed magats. Emile Feb 2025 #2
I prefer to think of Southern Indiana....... SergeStorms Feb 2025 #3
And yet not-rich people are threatened all the time by Maga with no repurcussions! imaginary girl Feb 2025 #4

SergeStorms

(20,822 posts)
3. I prefer to think of Southern Indiana.......
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 08:14 AM
Feb 2025

as Northern Kentucky. The demographics seem to support that. 😉

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