Federal agents and local police announced on Dec. 9 the arrest of two U.S. citizens in New Jersey after they allegedly made online threats to kill a top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official and shoot Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Federal law enforcement apprehended twin brothers Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores in Absecon on Dec. 8 with the help of a SWAT team from the local police department.
DHS said Emilio Roman-Flores has been charged with “unlawful possession of an assault weapon, possession of prohibited weapons, conspiracy to commit terroristic threats, criminal coercion, making threats and cyber harassment.” Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores is charged with conspiracy terroristic threats….