Merriman was arrested in Hagerstown with a backpack containing three bullets.
A resident of Kansas was detained in the United States for preparing an assassination attempt on President Joe Biden. He openly wrote about his plans on a social network, and also warned the Secret Service agents in the White House, betrays the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
It is reported that the arrested building contractor Scott Merriman was nominated accusations of preparing an assassination attempt on Biden. He was traveling from Independence, Kansas to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he was intercepted by Secret Service agents.
According to the investigation, Merriman warned agents about his intention to come to the White House to «decapitate the snake in the heart of the nation». He also talked about what God allegedly ordered him to do.
How it all began
Earlier in the week, the Kansas police notified the Secret Service that Merriman called them and said that he would go to DC on Tuesday to «see the president».
The agents contacted him by phone and the man stated that he had information for the president regarding the Book of Revelations that «God had entrusted to him deliver».
Threats in social networks
From Tuesday to Thursday, Merriman posted a series of Facebook posts with increasingly ominous language. In one of the messages, he apologized to the customers for canceling all plans because he «went on a trip led by God» in Washington.
In addition, he also posted a Facebook post in which he called the phone call of a Secret Service agent «a conversation with the devil», who promised to «cut off the heads of old snakes&# 187;.
Also, according to him, «Lucifer» allegedly sent his agents to speak to him at the Cracker Barrell country restaurant in Hagerstown. The man also predicted his alleged death on June 13, 2025.
Detention
Merriman was detained in Hagerstown, he had a backpack with him, in which three cartridges were found. The detainee explained that it was allegedly God ordered to take them with him.
On Thursday, January 27, officials said that Merriman called the White House and openly threatened the president in a conversation with representatives of the Secret Service.
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«A miracle will happen in the White House. I believe that Joe Biden is now the Antichrist and he will be mortally wounded. I will strike this blow in the name of Christ», — wrote a man in the last post before the arrest.
Recall that in the summer of 2021, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested in the United States for threatening President Joe Biden, congressmen and their families. The man sent emails threatening to kill the American leader.