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13th January 2015, 06:41 PM
Ohio Bartender Accused of Threatening to Poison Boehner’s Drinks By Billy House Jan 13, 2015 7:34 PM CT
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An Ohio (http://topics.bloomberg.com/ohio/) bartender who worked at a country club frequented by U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (http://topics.bloomberg.com/john-boehner/) is accused of threatening to kill the lawmaker with poison or a gun.
Michael R. Hoyt told police in Deer Park, Ohio, that Boehner was mean to him and was responsible for Ebola, according to court papers.
Hoyt was indicted by a federal grand jury in Cincinnati on Jan. 7 on a charge of threatening to murder a public official.
He’s accused of telling police that he was fired from his job at the Wetherington Golf & Country Club in West Chester (http://topics.bloomberg.com/west-chester/) before he had time to “put something in John Boehner’s drink,” according to a criminal complaint filed in November in federal court in Cincinnati. He also said he planned to “shoot Boehner and take off,” according to the complaint.
In the days before calling police, Hoyt was dismissed from the club because he had a bad attitude at work and drew complaints from members, according to the complaint. He’d worked there for about five and a half years.
“Speaker Boehner is aware of this situation, and sincerely thanks the FBI, the Capitol Police, and local authorities in Ohio for their efforts,” Michael Steel (http://topics.bloomberg.com/michael-steel/), Boehner’s spokesman, said in e-mailed statement.
The matter came to the attention of police in October when Hoyt called 911 and police responded to his house. Hoyt told an officer what he had planned to do, the complaint says.
Hoyt “believes John Boehner is the devil, and Hoyt believes he is Jesus Christ,” according to the complaint.
Hoyt had e-mailed Boehner’s wife, noting that he’d been fired and that if he’d had any “intention of hurting Mr. Boehner I could have poisoned his wine.”
The case is U.S. v. Hoyt, 15-cr-00001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Cincinnati).
To contact the reporter on this story: Billy House in Washington at bhouse5@bloomberg.net
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An Ohio (http://topics.bloomberg.com/ohio/) bartender who worked at a country club frequented by U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (http://topics.bloomberg.com/john-boehner/) is accused of threatening to kill the lawmaker with poison or a gun.
Michael R. Hoyt told police in Deer Park, Ohio, that Boehner was mean to him and was responsible for Ebola, according to court papers.
Hoyt was indicted by a federal grand jury in Cincinnati on Jan. 7 on a charge of threatening to murder a public official.
He’s accused of telling police that he was fired from his job at the Wetherington Golf & Country Club in West Chester (http://topics.bloomberg.com/west-chester/) before he had time to “put something in John Boehner’s drink,” according to a criminal complaint filed in November in federal court in Cincinnati. He also said he planned to “shoot Boehner and take off,” according to the complaint.
In the days before calling police, Hoyt was dismissed from the club because he had a bad attitude at work and drew complaints from members, according to the complaint. He’d worked there for about five and a half years.
“Speaker Boehner is aware of this situation, and sincerely thanks the FBI, the Capitol Police, and local authorities in Ohio for their efforts,” Michael Steel (http://topics.bloomberg.com/michael-steel/), Boehner’s spokesman, said in e-mailed statement.
The matter came to the attention of police in October when Hoyt called 911 and police responded to his house. Hoyt told an officer what he had planned to do, the complaint says.
Hoyt “believes John Boehner is the devil, and Hoyt believes he is Jesus Christ,” according to the complaint.
Hoyt had e-mailed Boehner’s wife, noting that he’d been fired and that if he’d had any “intention of hurting Mr. Boehner I could have poisoned his wine.”
The case is U.S. v. Hoyt, 15-cr-00001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Cincinnati).
To contact the reporter on this story: Billy House in Washington at bhouse5@bloomberg.net