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Man sought for threatening president arrested in Laughlin

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama.

The Secret Service said Daniel James Murray, 36, was arrested Friday outside a casino in Laughlin. In Washington, Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said Murray offered no resistance when he was arrested at 7 p.m. on a warrant in the parking lot of the Riverside Hotel and Casino.

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    • He was charged Thursday in Salt Lake City with a federal count of conveying threats while talking to tellers last month at Zions First National Bank in St. George, Utah.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Bearnson said Murray was in federal custody in Nevada and likely will get a court date there Monday. Neither Bearnson nor the Secret Service would discuss whether Murray was considered to be a serious threat.

    Charging documents say Murray, originally from Rexford, N.Y., is the registered owner of eight guns. He was described by his father and former neighbors in Rexford as troubled but not dangerous, known for strolling down a street wearing a cape while talking to himself.

    “He’s sick. He’s been sick for about 10 years,” Michael Murray, his father, told the Times Union of Albany, N.Y.

    In charging documents filed Thursday, the Secret Service said Daniel Murray made bizarre statements while opening — and then closing within two weeks — an $85,000 savings account.

    First, he demanded to know if Zions First National Bank was solvent, saying, “I’m sure if citizens happen to lose their money, they will rise up and we could see killing and deaths,” bank tellers told a Secret Service agent.

    On May 27, as a teller counted out bills no larger than $50, Murray delivered a rambling discourse on the probability of economic and social disorder, ending with “We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States,” a bank employee told the Secret Service.

    The next day, Murray withdrew the remaining $72,000 and closed his account.

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    Fariy & Faggy Fred wrote on June 07, 2009 12:25 AM: The last thing I'm gonna say tonight is I can't wait to get my welfare check. I really need to get to Walgreens to get my meds.


    Randy wrote on June 07, 2009 12:07 AM: Fred = nuts


    Maybe he forgot about the leftwinger that killed JFK

    or the leftwinger known as the unibomber

    or the lefwingers that spike trees, burn down peples homes, and vandalize SUVs...


    on second thought... wrote on June 06, 2009 11:26 PM: In the old days when a guy had $85,000 in the bank he was consider a pillar of of his community, right?...well, today you might be called the village idiot........

    Where I live south of Reno we too have such a man in our town, yes he is DIFFERENT....yes, he has ALOT of money in the bank. You see Gary was never married, had no children, owned a car nor was able to even obtain a drivers license. He worked as a janitor and saved all his money. In between listening to the "oldies but goodies" he tries to understand the world around him. He too talks about what he hears on the news and repeats it and has his own opinion. Sometimes he can be a little hard to understand, but the locals know him and never shun him. He is cared for and protected in our community.

    ....after reading some of these posts, one might truly wonder just who has the real problem.

    Is it us, or is it them?


    Helen W's psychologist wrote on June 06, 2009 09:13 PM: This guy kind of sounds like Helen in a few of our "discussions". Gosh, those right wingers sure can be scary.


    Nick wrote on June 06, 2009 08:34 PM: Lock the door and throw away the key on this psycho.

    Probably will be a vp nominee of the Palin ticket.

    A family values kind of guy.


    laguna wrote on June 06, 2009 08:15 PM: Dont bump off Erkle, we would end up with Biden. Thats all the reason you need.


    Karen wrote on June 06, 2009 08:01 PM: ".....known for strolling down a street wearing a cape while talking to himself."

    This could describe hundreds of people I've seen walking down the streets of Vegas.


    Donald wrote on June 06, 2009 07:12 PM: Hi there "Fair and Balanced Fred". I'm apolitical. Thanks for the unnecessary comment. Do have a nice day anyway.


    Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on June 06, 2009 06:32 PM: "slots" sez: "I'm just curios about where this guy got 85k, and was just carrying it around? [sic] That IS crazy."

    He "earned" his money the old-fashioned, Republicon way: Right-wing, corporate welfare.

    Donald, right-wing genius sez: "This poor Republicon belongs in a psychiatric hospital rather than in Secret Service custody."

    To The Donald: This Republicon boy is both in a psychiatric hospital AND in Secret Service custody.

    Now how does your little Republicon semi-mind process that kind of cognitive dissonance?


    Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on June 06, 2009 06:23 PM: Excellent. Another right-wing Timothy McVeigh type removed from rational society.

    Send him to Gitmo, waterboard the boy, put him on a CIA subcontractor's plane to BFE for more fun and game, then bring him back and define it all as "simulated drowning".

    Have you all seen the YouTube of Lynn Cheney undergoing simulated drowning? It's a HOOT!

    Know an ammo hoarding, 6th grade dropout, ultra-right wing-nut with the cognitive capacity of Jethro Bodine?

    One scratch on him will save nine on you. Each one of them are potential Timothy McVeighs.

    Never, ever, turn your back on a Republicon.


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