Overview
- Jakob Marcoulier, a Fort Polk soldier, was arrested April 23 and faces up to five years in prison on a federal charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
- The FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received a February tip about a Discord user called “el.bostino,” and agents obtained audio that led them to Marcoulier.
- Recordings quoted Marcoulier saying he would walk into a synagogue with an AK-style rifle and “kill every single Jew,” while also invoking white supremacist rhetoric.
- FBI agents in the Birmingham and New Orleans field offices worked with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division to identify and arrest the suspect, who remains in U.S. Marshals custody.
- Prosecutors highlighted vigilant public reporting and swift interagency work, with coverage noting uncertainty about when the comments were posted and pointing to elevated threats to Jewish institutions.