Reports of violent threats and physical violence leading up to Tuesday’s election have not been widespread, but several people across the country have been charged with related crimes in recent weeks.

Scripps News found that local, state and federal authorities made arrests in several jurisdictions for incidents involving election-related intimidation or violence.

These places include Minnesota, Texas, Michigan, Florida, South Carolina, Arizona, and Washington, DC

Shooting threats

In Rochester, Minnesota, the Olmsted County District Attorney charged Timothy William Kearney with a felony after accusing him of threatening to shoot people at a polling place on Nov. 3.

According to court documents obtained by Scripps News, an election judge told police he heard Kearney say he would “shoot every Democrat in the building” when he and another man came to the polls to vote. She also said the men “appeared intoxicated.”

An officer who investigated the incident at Kearney’s apartment complex said the 46-year-old refused to open the door for the officer and “kept yelling at (the officer) that he was going to kill them.”

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Court records say Kearney later said he “didn’t remember what he said.”

In Arizona, weeks before the election, police arrested Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, on charges that he shot up a Democratic National Committee office in Tempe. He is also accused of hanging bags of white powder from political signs with razor blades taped to the edges of the signs.

Threats with a machete

In Florida, 18-year-old Caleb Williams faces a charge of aggravated assault after he was accused of intimidating voters with a 23-inch machete at an early voting location on October 29.

According to an arrest report obtained by Scripps News, a witness said Williams “approached her with the machete raised above her head in an intimidating manner.” Another witness said she felt “afraid of getting hurt”.

A police officer investigating the incident said Williams “admitted to having the machete and was holding it with a political sign attached”.

Disputes about political hats

The video, captured in Orangeburg, South Carolina, appears to show a voter and poll workers getting into an altercation over the political hat the voter was asked to remove from his head.

The South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement confirmed to Scripps News that they are investigating the case, but no charges have been filed at this time.

A similar argument occurred at a polling place in Bexar County, Texas, where a voter placed a political baseball hat on his head inside an early voting polling place, which was a violation of the law.

“It got ugly,” said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.

As a poll worker escorted the voter out of the building, “the suspect appeared to throw an arm back toward the victim … The victim appeared to be moving away from the suspect at that time. The suspect then turned around and threw several punches directly in the victim’s face,” he said.

Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, now faces a felony charge for injuring the worker.

In Orland Park, Illinois, prosecutors charged 24-year-old Daniel Schmidt with felonies after they accused him of punching an election judge who warned him not to cut in line at the polls.

“Schmidt began yelling profanities and punched the election judge in the face, knocking off his glasses,” the Orland Park Police Department said. “At that point, several other patrons jumped in and restrained Schmidt until officers arrived.”

Volunteers threatened with car

In St. Clair Shores, Michigan, a group of volunteers working on a Democratic campaign said a man threatened them with his car while they were handing out information in a VFW parking lot.

Jason Lynch Lafond, 55, faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and ethnic intimidation after the Macomb County District Attorney said he “allegedly yelled derogatory slurs, including those aimed at sexual orientation. He also said that when Trump wins, he will “exterminate” people like them. The prosecutor said Lafond “returned to his vehicle and accelerated toward the volunteers, who had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.”

Federal charges for bomb threat, threatening comments

This month, federal authorities charged two Michigan men with making election-related threats of violence online.

According to a complaint filed in federal court, Christopher Clay Pierce, 46, is accused of making violent threats against a political action committee.

Pierce is accused of writing, “Every day your people contact me with a campaign ad… You (imple) contact again (sic) I guarantee I can find every single one of your organizers (imple). … will turn you upside down.” He is also accused of writing: “Kamala Harris is nothing but a … communist.”

He also described his associates as “trained killers,” according to court records.

Isaac SisselThe 25-year-old is accused of using violent screen names like “ShootUpTrumpRally” and “PlanningToKillTrump.” He faces federal charges for threatening to violently target conservative Christians after the election.

“I will carry out an attack … if Trump wins the election,” he is accused of writing.

Meanwhile, year election worker in GeorgiaNicholas Wimbish, 25, is facing federal charges for sending a bomb threat to an election superintendent and making it appear to be from a disgruntled voter.

Scare the Capitol

On Election Day, United States police arrested a man who tried to enter the Capitol Visitor Center while carrying a flare gun, a lighter, and bottles of what appeared to be gasoline.

“Officers searched the man and found what appeared to be a manifesto and a letter to Congress. The letter focused on the man’s views on the war in the Middle East,” a police spokesman said.

“If our officers had not stopped this man, (Election Day) would have been a very different story than this,” said U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger.

Manger said he did not believe the incident had anything to do with the election.

The suspect, Austin M. Olson, 27, faces charges of possession of a prohibited weapon, unlawful activity and disorderly conduct.

In September, the Manager told Scripps News that his officers were and are prepared for threats and violence before, during and after the election.

“There are people who are certainly saying things on social media and making their feelings known that if the election doesn’t go their way, that they have big plans to somehow disrupt the government process,” he said. “We’re aware of that, and we’re certainly planning for that, and I’m confident that we’ll be able to protect the Capitol and everything that happens here over the next few months.”

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