WCPO-TV channel nine in Cincinnati reports on a man who was arrested after revealing he wanted to kill the Speaker of the House, Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio).
The whole story is bizarre, but some of the weirder issues: He had an E-mail exchange with Representative Boehner's wife about being fired from the country club where he worked (the exchange is shown in the article), he claimed to be Jesus and that Ebola was Rep. Boehner's fault (at least he didn't blame it on President Obama), &c. Some tidbits below the swirl in the orange drink.
The whole article paints a picture of a very disturbed man. It also paints a picture of a security situation for Representatives and Senators that is easy to exploit if you are in the right position to do it. The whole article at WCPO is long, but worth reading. Some excerpts:
“Hoyt told the officer he was Jesus Christ and he was going to kill Boehner because Boehner was mean to him at the country club and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola,” United States Capitol Police (USCP) Special Agent Christopher M. Desrosiers said. “Hoyt advised he had a loaded Beretta .380 automatic and he was going to shoot Boehner and take off.”
Officers said Hoyt told them he regretted not having enough time to put something in Boehner’s drink. It was also discovered Hoyt emailed Boehner’s wife about the plot a day before he called police, Desrosiers said.
Eeek. Religion poisons everything - Christopher Hitchens, though I doubt Hitch meant literally poisoning US House representatives.
Hoyt said he started to hear the devil’s voice from the speakers in his car and his radio at home after he was fired. The voices were telling him that Boehner was evil, Desrosiers said.
He told investigators he dialed 911 because he believed evil people were going to “come chop him up,” and he was trying to expose Boehner as the devil, according to court documents obtained by WCPO.
Desrosiers said Hoyt also typed an 11-page blog detailing his thoughts about Boehner being the devil. Hoyt emailed it to his father, ex-girlfriend and neighbor.
Nothing like a good plot than to E-mail it to everyone you know.
Hoyt was treated for a psychotic episode about two years ago and was under “significant duress” during that time, agents said.
Coupled with . . .
Police searched Hoyt’s home on Oct. 31 and seized an SKS assault rifle magazine, two boxes of 7.62 ammo, 35 loose rounds, a speed loader and a box of .380 rounds. A notebook containing “John Boehner” and “Ebola” were among other writings found during the search, as well as two envelopes with lists of country club members, according to documents.
Agents said they also found a bullet hole in the upper wall of Hoyt’s first-floor bedroom.
But . . .
Officers said they later recovered Hoyt's SKS assault rifle at his mother’s home in Hebron, Ky. She told investigators she removed it from his home while he wasn’t there because she noticed he was not eating or sleeping and becoming increasingly agitated, Desrosiers said.
Good for Mom. Someone was paying attention. I am not sure if that means the police were initially mistaken in their report (the gun was recovered from Hoyt, then the gun was recovered from his mother), or he had two SKS rifles (one each at his own home and the one his mother had taken).
What was that about Wayne LaPierre saying that we needed to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill? Something about strong background checks to buy guns? Titles on guns? Nahhhh. . . .
5:40 PM MT: How about that, you can go back and edit the time to show your own time zone. Another person below corrected me on this (that's what I get for posting while tired): there was no gun in his home, only magazines and ammunition.