{"id":182072,"date":"2026-02-17T22:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182072\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:08","slug":"anaheim-man-pleads-not-guilty-to-posting-threats-against-vp-vance-during-disneyland-visit-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182072\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim man pleads not guilty to posting threats against VP Vance during Disneyland visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Anaheim man accused of posting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/southern-california-man-threatened-bloodshed-193123078.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:online death threats;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online death threats<\/a> against Vice President J.D. Vance during a family trip to Disneyland last year has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in July 2025, Marco Aguayo allegedly posted a pipe bomb threat on the theme park\u2019s Instagram on the same day the vice president and his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/jd-vance-strolls-disneyland-during-210610056.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:were visiting the resort;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were visiting the resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPipe bombs have been placed in preparation for J.D. Vance\u2019s arrival,\u201d he allegedly wrote, according to a federal complaint first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtwatch.news\/p\/159-jeffrey-epstein-gets-80-new-lawyers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seamus Hughes\u2019 Court Watch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Seamus Hughes\u2019 Court Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/JD-Vance-Family-Disneyland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"JD Vance at Disneyland in July 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ccc90c6ae8f87c2001040d985dfe5483.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance was seen strolling through Disneyland while on a trip to Southern California in July 2025. (@DisneyScoopGuy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s time for us to rise up and you will be a witness to it,\u201d he allegedly added, along with, \u201cGood luck finding all of them on time there will be bloodshed tonight and we will bathe in the blood of corrupt politicians,\u201d the complaint says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/southern-california-man-threatened-bloodshed-193123078.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Southern California man threatened \u2018bloodshed\u2019 at Disneyland during Vance\u2019s visit, feds say;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Southern California man threatened \u2018bloodshed\u2019 at Disneyland during Vance\u2019s visit, feds say <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aguayo admitted to writing the post but claimed it was meant as a joke, authorities said. He was charged with making threats against the president and successors to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trial will begin on March 23 in Santa Ana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If convicted as charged, Aguayo could face five years in federal prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Anaheim man accused of posting online death threats against Vice President J.D. 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