Feds arrest Obama threat suspect
CLIFTON PARK – Family members of the former Rexford man arrested Friday after he was accused of making death threats against President Barack Obama say they hope their son will finally get help.
Murray was charged with making the threats by the Secret Service on Thursday after making bizarre statements while opening and closing an $85,000 savings account last month.
At Zion First National Bank in Utah on May 19, Murray asked if the bank was solvent and predicted chaos if citizens were to lose their money, according to court documents. Murray returned eight days later to withdraw just over $12,000, but failed to provide proper identification, tellers told the Secret Service. He then allegedly threatened if he didn’t receive the money, someone would die, so the bank manager intervened and had tellers give him the money in bills smaller than $50.
It was then, according to the U.S. Secret Service, that tellers said he gave a disjointed rambling as they counted the money, mentioning his recent travels and the line that drew federal officials’ attention: “We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States.”
The next day, he returned to withdraw the remaining $72,000 and closed the account.
In Washington, Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley told the Associated Press Murray offered no resistance when arrested Friday night in the parking lot of the Riverside Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nev. Wiley didn’t give any other details. Murray is expected to be in court in Nevada on Monday.
Former neighbors of Murray told the Times Union Friday before his arrest that they often referred to him as Cape Man because he would stroll around Blue Jay Way wearing a cape, talking to himself and gesturing wildly. The outside of his home was decorated with religious figures and a glowing cross in the backyard, and he drove a car with the license plate ACHOSEN1.
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