Overview
- Timothy Holmes, 31, was arrested Wednesday in Florida and released on a $100,000 bond with GPS monitoring and bans on guns and social media, over the government’s objection.
- Prosecutors say he replied on X on March 3 to Israel’s official account about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death with the message, “I’m going to shoot up a synagogue.”
- Investigators report linking the @MapleStCapital account to Holmes through emergency disclosure records from X, a Gmail address bearing his name, and an IP address tied to his Streeterville apartment.
- The complaint cites other posts using antisemitic slurs and sharing a purported U.S. address for relatives of an Israeli official, and airline records show he flew to Florida on March 7 after asking for a Florida address; his attorney said he went to care for a relative.
- Holmes faces a federal charge of making a true threat in interstate commerce, which carries up to five years in prison, and no Chicago court date has been set as officials stress that threats targeting Jewish communities will be prosecuted.