Ohio man arrested after threatening to behead Randy Fine

An Ohio man was arrested and charged with threatening to behead Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), set the congressman’s home on fire, and murder his family while they’re sleeping.Alex Justin Miller, a 26-year-old Columbus resident, faces one count of interstate transmission of threat to injure, according to the five-page criminal complaint.The Department of Justice announced the news on Tuesday without identifying Fine as the congressman who received the death threat. Fine revealed he was the intended victim on social media. “There are three people who have been arrested and prosecuted for making death threats against me in the past 10 years,” the House Republican posted on X. “At 9:02am on Election Day, I got one that blew them away. There are now four.”Fine disclosed the email’s graphic contents, which are also found in the criminal complaint. The email’s subject line read: “Can’t wait to snipe your head off your shoulders!!:)”“Dear fata** piece of s***stain, I cannot wait to take a trip to [your] lovely home and light the whole place on fire and murder you and your entire family in the middle of the night while you sleep,” Miller wrote. “I hope you disgusting Nazi f**** sleep with one eye open for the rest of your life because I will NEVER stop until your head is hanging from the rooftops of the White House. You deserve 10000% to be beheaded and have your body paraded through the streets.”The defendant also directed a death threat at President Donald Trump, who has been the target of numerous death threats and assassination attempts in the past two years.The email was sent to Fine on Aug. 18, the day of Florida’s primary elections. After winning his primary, the Jewish congressman is advancing to the general election.The death threat is notable, considering it came from a nonconstituent outside the state. Fine represents Florida’s 6th Congressional District.The FBI and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case with assistance from Capitol Police and the Secret Service. Fine thanked federal and state authorities for apprehending the suspect within 36 hours.RANDY FINE DEFEATS DAN BILZERIAN IN PRIMARY MARKED BY ANTISEMITISM“If they think this will make me afraid, they are wrong,” he said. “There is no place in our political system for this. And those who make these threats — whether to a Republican or Democrat — will go to prison for a very long time.”If convicted on the sole charge, Miller could face up to five years in federal prison.