MONTEZUMA PASS, Ariz.—As former President Donald Trump was heading out of Cochise County, Arizona, on Aug. 22, police were arresting a local man suspected of making death threats against the presidential candidate.
Police identified the suspect as Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, from the city of Benson. The former president said he had been unaware that a manhunt for the suspect was underway during his campaign stop at the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, told The Epoch Times that the alleged threats were made on social media. Capas did not say whether police found any evidence that the suspect intended to make good on the alleged threats….