Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a man with making threats against President Barack Obama for allegedly telling employees at a St. George bank that he is "on a mission" to kill the president.He drives a 2001 Buick LeSabre with New York license plate ERL 1445.
The Secret Service doesn't know where Daniel James Murray is; authorities say he has at least eight registered firearms. Court documents say he withdrew the $85,000 in his account last week at a Zion's First National Bank branch.
A Secret Service affidavit says Murray opened the saving account at Zion's on May 19 with an $85,000 check from a credit union. A bank employee told agents Murray asked her if Zion's was a solvent bank and talked about how the "mess" under Obama with the economy could end up in killings if people lose their money.
Murray returned on May 27 and asked to withdraw about $13,000 in bills no larger than $50 and in nonsequential order, court documents say. He allegedly said, "We are 94 million miles from the sun, and are in between the sun and moon, and the eagle that flies between them, and it's a giant step for mankind ... I have traveled thousands of miles to be here and know things that are going to happen ... the banking system will fail and people will die ... there will be chaos in the world."
Then, as a teller handed Murray his money, he allegedly said, "We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States." Salt Lake Trib
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