A newly unsealed federal grievance accuses a Downers Grove man of threatening to kill federal immigration officers and different public officers whereas stockpiling a small arsenal of weapons and ammunition marked with the names of political figures.
In keeping with the 18-page submitting, unsealed as we speak in Chicago, 33-year-old Michael D. Stover faces a cost of transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
The FBI says Stover used Bluesky and Fb accounts to repeatedly put up violent rhetoric from February by July 2025, together with express calls to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers “on sight.”
In a single put up dated July 7, Stover allegedly wrote, “I 700% am previous that playtime s***. I imply kill the nazi rapist pigs to absolutely the final one and kill their associates and households too.”
The investigation started earlier this yr when the U.S. Secret Service flagged a February Fb put up wherein Stover allegedly displayed 5 rifle rounds with the primary names of well-known political figures written on them. The grievance didn’t determine the political figures. The Fb account cited within the grievance is not obtainable.
By spring, authorities say Stover had shifted to Bluesky, posting below the deal with “@scottishninja.”
The Bluesky account profile describes its consumer as ““Nerd, anarchist, artist, antifascist. Over 20 years martial arts expertise. Skilled shooter. Constitutional legislation professor’s offended as hell patriotic son. I train self protection when im not doomscrolling. If you happen to really feel scared I’ll train how one can battle.”
In April, he allegedly urged followers to “choose up a weapon” and wrote “Don’t depart your home unarmed… it’s time to shoot on your life if approached.” He additionally posted images of himself in camouflage and face paint holding rifles, in accordance with the grievance.
In Might, the Downers Grove Police Division deemed him a “clear and current hazard” below Illinois legislation. His Firearm Proprietor’s Identification card was revoked, and officers went to his residence to grab 11 firearms, together with handguns and rifles, ammunition, and a stash of rifle rounds with politicians’ names on them, the grievance stated.
Regardless of the seizure, Stover was not charged on the time and was launched. He allegedly advised officers he understood why his weapons have been taken and admitted he wanted psychological well being therapy.
However investigators say the threats didn’t cease. On July 7, Stover allegedly posted a collection of messages calling ICE brokers a “hostile military” and insisting they need to be “obliterated with mortar hearth.” In one other, he allegedly wrote that ICE “should be exterminated to absolutely the final one. Masks off, images taken, then shoot em.”
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