A Black man from New Jersey who was until recently a U.S. Marine has been charged with threatening to kill white people — “as many as I possibly can” — in a ranting message posted online, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
The man, Joshua Cobb, acknowledged to F.B.I.
agents in an interview last month that he had written the threatening message, admitted posting other ominous comments and described in detail several sites he had considered as potential targets, a criminal complaint says.
Mr. Cobb, 23, of Trenton, was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce.
He was scheduled to make an initial appearance before a magistrate judge in Federal District Court in Trenton Monday afternoon, the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey said.
Persons:
Joshua Cobb, Cobb
Organizations:
Marine, Buffalo, Federal, Court
Locations:
New Jersey, U.S, Florida, Trenton