BOSTON – The Latest on the arrest of a man accused of offering $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer (all times local):
6:10 p.m.
A Massachusetts man accused of offering $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer has been released from custody on certain conditions.
Prosecutors say Brandon Ziobrowski was released on $50,000 unsecured bond Thursday following an initial appearance in federal court in New York.
He was arrested there earlier Thursday and was charged with using interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat to injure another person. He's scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston next week.
Authorities say he tweeted last month, "I am broke but will scrounge and literally give $500 to anyone who kills an ICE agent." Prosecutors say he also made other threats on social media.
Ziobrowski didn't enter a plea. His federal defender in New York has declined to comment.
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12:40 p.m.
A Massachusetts man has been charged with offering $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer.
Federal prosecutors in Boston on Thursday said 33-year-old Brandon Ziobrowski is charged with using interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat to injure another person.
Authorities say on July 2 the Cambridge man tweeted: "I am broke but will scrounge and literally give $500 to anyone who kills an ICE agent."
Ziobrowski also allegedly tweeted repeatedly that he wanted to "slit" U.S. Sen. John McCain's throat.
Ziobrowski was arrested Thursday in New York and is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court there before being transported back to Massachusetts.
It could not immediately be determined if he has a lawyer.
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