A Texas man is behind bars in Palm Beach County on accusations of making online threats to Jewish Floridians.According to court documents, Nicholas L. Ray, 28, of Spring, Texas, was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of extortion, four counts of written threats to kill and four counts of use of two-way communications.According to court documents, Ray sent antisemitic death threats to Joshua B. Hammer, Seth Dillon, Karol Markowicz and Laura Loomer on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter between Oct. 8 and Oct. 10.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsRay is accused of sending the threats under the username “Klaus” on X.According to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in an Oct. 20 post on X, the victims are known as Jewish conservative media members.On Oct. 12, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent began his investigation into the comments.The Florida Statewide Prosecution Office submitted a subpoena for information on the account to X.X provided information to the state about the account. After obtaining the IP addresses that were linked to the written threats, Florida then requested information from internet providers AT&T and Charter Communications for subscriber information linked to the IP addresses.The information provided by the internet providers linked Ray’s home in Spring and his cellular telephone number to the posts.The FDLE requested the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas to identify and document the location of Ray’s residence.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.The sergeant with the sheriff’s office went to Ray’s home and was also able to document a driver’s license plate on a vehicle that was registered to Ray. Ray was initially arrested in Texas on Oct. 20 on an out-of-state warrant from Florida and was extradited to Florida for arrest in Palm Beach County on Monday.Ray is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail on $820,000 bond.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —
A Texas man is behind bars in Palm Beach County on accusations of making online threats to Jewish Floridians.
According to court documents, Nicholas L. Ray, 28, of Spring, Texas, was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of extortion, four counts of written threats to kill and four counts of use of two-way communications.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Nicholas Lyn Ray
According to court documents, Ray sent antisemitic death threats to Joshua B. Hammer, Seth Dillon, Karol Markowicz and Laura Loomer on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter between Oct. 8 and Oct. 10.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
Ray is accused of sending the threats under the username “Klaus” on X.
According to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in an Oct. 20 post on X, the victims are known as Jewish conservative media members.
On Oct. 12, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent began his investigation into the comments.
The Florida Statewide Prosecution Office submitted a subpoena for information on the account to X.
X provided information to the state about the account.
After obtaining the IP addresses that were linked to the written threats, Florida then requested information from internet providers AT&T and Charter Communications for subscriber information linked to the IP addresses.
The information provided by the internet providers linked Ray’s home in Spring and his cellular telephone number to the posts.
The FDLE requested the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas to identify and document the location of Ray’s residence.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
The sergeant with the sheriff’s office went to Ray’s home and was also able to document a driver’s license plate on a vehicle that was registered to Ray.
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (Texas)
Nicholas Lyn Ray
Ray was initially arrested in Texas on Oct. 20 on an out-of-state warrant from Florida and was extradited to Florida for arrest in Palm Beach County on Monday.
Ray is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail on $820,000 bond.