Teenager Arrested For Allegedly Plotting To Kill Joe Biden

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• A 19-year-old North Carolina man who was arrested last month for child pornography is allegedly planning to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
• Alexander Hillel Treisman was first arrested in May after his white van abandoned in a Kannapolis bank’s parking lot, was found containing several weapons and contraband.
• In April, Treisman posted a meme with the caption, “should I kill joe biden?” followed by multiple internet searches about Biden, including his address.

A teenager who was arrested in North Carolina in September for child pornography was discovered owning a van full of guns.

Alexander Treisman allegedly had the vehicle driven within 4 miles of Joe Biden’s home. According to authorities, he had a checklist to “execute” the Democratic presidential nominee.

The allegations against the 19-year-old were in a detention order filed this October in U.S. District Court in Durham, North Carolina.

In May, employees of a bank in Kannapolis reported an abandoned white van in the parking lot. According to documents, the vehicle was found to be Treisman’s.

NBC News reported that police officers discovered four rifles, including an AR-style Sig Sauer, and a 9 mm handgun inside the van. There’s also $500,000 in cash that was believed to be Treisman’s inheritance, according to the court order.

Later, two additional handguns were discovered in Treisman’s Honda, the documents state.

Other disturbing stuff that the officers found inside the van were drawings of swastikas and planes crashing into buildings. There were also books about survival, bomb-making and Islam, the court documents say.

Treisman owns identification cards from California, Washington state and Florida. His laptop and phone contain numerous images and videos of child pornography, according to the documents.

Kannapolis police said the suspect’s address was listed in Seattle.

According to court documents, Treisman posted a meme in April with the question, “should I kill Joe Biden?” followed by a search for Biden’s home address. He then bought an AR-15 rifle in New Hampshire and then drove to a Wendy’s within 4 miles of Biden’s home.

Treisman allegedly had a checklist that ended with a note to “execute” Biden.

The documents added that authorities also found a document called “A Guide to Mass Shooting” on the teen’s hard drive. There’s a video on his phone showing him near the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, where the worst mass shooting in modern American history occurred. In the video, he says: “That’s the one, that’s where they did it … nice.”

It’s still unclear whether Treisman will face additional charges related to the weapons or the alleged threats. Neither his attorney nor federal prosecutors responded to requests for comment Thursday, according to NBC News.

Source: NBC News