Washington: A 20-year-old youth has been charged with threatening to harm or assassinate US President Barack Obama through posts on Facebook.
A Secret Service affidavit filed in Miami federal court identifies the man as Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr.
The affidavit says Serrapio posted the threatening comments under the Facebook name "Jay Valor" during Obama's visit last week to the University of Miami. One of the comments says "Jay Valor" would put a bullet through the president's head and everyone should watch on YouTube.
He was taken into custody before he could make any attempt to harm the president, the MNSBC.COM reported.
Serrapio, who pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate, was free on Tuesday on $70,000 bail. If convicted, he faces five-year prison term.
In the first posting on February 21, Serrapio as "Jay Valor" allegedly said this: "Who wants to help me assassinate Obummer while hes at UM this week?"
However there is no indication that Serrapio took any steps to carry out the threat. Serrapio is due to appear before federal court on March 9.
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