{"id":435704,"date":"2026-10-23T07:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/435704\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:10:29","slug":"former-congressional-candidate-elijah-manley-in-jail-on-felony-charges-related-to-post-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/435704\/","title":{"rendered":"Former congressional candidate Elijah Manley in jail on felony charges related to post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elijah Manley, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 20 in the August primary, was booked into the Broward County jail Friday on two counts of written or electronic threats to kill or injure.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Fort Lauderdale native told WLRN on Thursday he expected to face charges related to a social media post he authored where he wrote, in support of Democratic Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Angie%20Nixon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Angie Nixon<\/a>, that if people do not vote for her: \u201c I promise you I\u2019m going to cut your f\u2014\u2014 head off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nixon, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody. Four recent public opinion polls show Moody is ahead of Nixon.<\/p>\n<p>Manley called the situation a \u201cserious First Amendment issue\u201d and indicated that he may pursue legal action, WLRN reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President of the United States says worse,\u201d he told WLRN.<\/p>\n<p>Court records with further information about the investigation that led to the charges were not available Friday evening. The charges are second-degree felonies.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/palm-beach-county-fire-rescue-responds-to-two-vehicle-crash-sends-three-to-hospital-florida-news-florida-crash-florida-traffic-local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palm Beach County Fire Rescue responds to two-vehicle crash, sends three to hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manley\u2019s defense attorney did not immediately respond to an email and a message left at his office seeking comment after business hours Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Manley is a civic activist and frequent unsuccessful Democratic candidate who has previously run for Broward School Board and the state Legislature, as well as Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Manley described himself to the Sun Sentinel as \u201cthe best candidate to take on Debbie Wasserman Schultz in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has worked as a substitute teacher in Broward County Public Schools, according to a Sun Sentinel questionnaire he completed ahead of the August primary. His campaign was centered on addressing in the district \u201can affordability crisis, immigration, and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elijah Manley, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 20 in the August primary, was booked into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-435704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}