{"id":452963,"date":"2026-10-01T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452963\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:42:13","slug":"man-accused-in-plot-to-attack-texas-capitol-building-is-released-on-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452963\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused in plot to attack Texas Capitol building is released on bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Wednesday that officers foiled a plan to attack the Texas State Capitol<\/a> in Austin.<\/p>\n

According to Texas DPS, officers received credible information about a person planning a violent attack on the Texas State Capitol on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Texas DPS said its Criminal Investigations Division special agents worked alongside the FBI to investigate the validity of the threat and the circumstances surrounding the planned attack.<\/p>\n

At around 3 a.m. Wednesday, DPS SWAT arrested 40-year-old Benny Caldera Jr. at his residence in Converse, about 15 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio, Texas DPS said.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, DPS officers spoke to Caldera\u2019s friend, who said he \u201chad made verbal threats to assault the Texas State Capitol Building.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldera\u2019s friend told officers that Caldera said, \u201cI love you, if you don\u2019t see me again,\u201d and explained that, \u201cI am going to the Capitol and I am going to shoot it up,\u201d according to arrest documents.<\/p>\n

Arrest documents further state that Caldera told his friend that he was angry at the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and that \u201cthese people have to be exterminated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldera was transported to the Bexar County Jail and charged with felony terroristic threat against a public servant. He was later released on a $75,000 bond.<\/p>\n

Bexar County court records show that Caldera was previously charged with unlicensed carrying of a weapon in November 2023.<\/p>\n

According to Texas DPS, leadership notified legislators of the threat and arrest Wednesday, and the Capitol remains open for regular operating hours.<\/p>\n

Texas DPS said officers will continue to have an increased presence at the Texas Capitol to protect employees, visitors and state officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Wednesday that officers foiled a plan to attack the Texas State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-452963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}