Ohio Man Charged Over Alleged Threat to Kill JD Vance

An Ohio man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance when the Republican visited his home state. Shannon Mathre, 31, of Toledo, Ohio, was arrested on Feb. 6 by the Secret Service after a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against him, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mathre is accused of threatening to kill Vance during the vice president’s trip to northwestern Ohio in January. Prosecutors alleged that Mathre said he planned to find out where Vance would be and “use my M14 automatic gun and kill him.” As investigators probed Mathre’s alleged threats, prosecutors say they also discovered digital files containing child sexual abuse materials. In addition to one count of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, Mathre is charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography....