{"id":441998,"date":"2026-10-30T00:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T00:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441998\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T00:24:15","slug":"orlando-man-jailed-over-threats-against-jewish-community-state-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441998\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando man jailed over threats against Jewish community, state says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 An Orlando man was arrested after state investigators said he threatened a Jewish community in Florida earlier this month, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In a release, FDLE officials said the investigation began on Oct. 19 when the agency received information about the man \u2014 identified as Jerry Sneed, 31 \u2014 posting threatening messages on a social media platform against a Jewish community in Glades County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cSneed posted photos of the residential community location and a firearm along with those statements,\u201d the release reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In response, state agents worked with the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office to take Sneed into custody on Wednesday, the FDLE announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Investigators also noted Sneed was in possession of the firearm that he posted on social media at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Now, Sneed faces charges of unlawful use of a two-way communication device; and written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The FDLE further urges the public to report suspicious activity by calling (855) FLA-SAFE, dialing 911, or visiting the FDLE website.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 An Orlando man was arrested after state investigators said he threatened a Jewish community in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[265,28,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-441998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441998","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=441998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}