Man Faces Charges For Allegedly Making Threats Against Republican Governor

A Missouri man faces charges for allegedly making threats on social media to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and his family.

“Daniel Mertz, 42, is charged with first-degree stalking and first-degree harassment,” First Alert 4 stated.

Authorities said they found and arrested Daniel Mertz last week in Florida.

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Police allege that between December 1 and December 18, Mertz made Facebook posts threatening Kehoe and his family.

Authorities say they found and arrested Mertz on December 19 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Police say he had a loaded gun when he was arrested.

He is being held in the Volusia County, Florida jail and is awaiting extradition back to Missouri.

Missouri authorities have begun the extradition process.

Mertz will be returned to the state for future proceedings.

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The social media posts claim the government is “attacking things that represent (America’s) young women’s safety” and the charged remarks suggest the “immoralities it sanctioned” could result in Kehoe or his family being harmed or killed. Other posts on the profile, immediately before and after the charged post on Dec. 14, showed a weapon being prepared (in a repost from another social media account) and a video clip from a TV/movie program starring Kevin Spacey shooting a person while saying “checkmate.”

After DDCC was notified of the online statements, it coordinated with the Missouri Analysis Center which led to identifying Daniel Mertz, 42, of St. Charles, MO, as the social media account’s owner.

On Dec. 19, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson charged Mertz with two felonies and a nation-wide arrest warrant was issued.

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