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Joe Arpaio Death Threat: YouTube Comment Leads To Arrest Of Frederick Joseph Cusick

Arpaio Death Threat On YouTube Leads To Arrest
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TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 29: Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio attends the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 29, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC, which is scheduled to conclude August 30. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A man accused of making death threats toward Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio was arrested Monday after a concerned citizen alerted officials to questionable comments he made on YouTube.

Frederick Joseph Cusick, 27, allegedly claimed in a YouTube comment that he would target Arpaio to qualify for a $2 million bounty from a Mexican drug cartel, CBS 5 reports:

Cusick allegedly said in his Youtube post that Arpaio was a racist and that Cusick and his "boys" had an arsenal of "powerful weapons" to ensure that Arpaio "wouldn't be around much longer," according to the sheriff's office.

Further investigation revealed Cusick allegedly made several threats against Arpaio, according to the release.

According to ABC 15, detectives searched Cusick's home but did not find any firearms.

Others have threatened Arpaio this year. Ignacio Carbajal, who said in a Facebook post that he wanted to "kill the sheriff," was arrested in February, and Caesar David Nunez faced trouble for tweeting he wanted to "personally blow Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s head off" in June.

In April, Arpaio received a package that officials say would have exploded if opened.

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