Authorities in Arizona on Thursday arrested a man after a manhunt who reportedly threatened to kill former President Trump ahead of a planned election event in the state.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital that they took suspect Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, into custody without incident. He was arrested in Cochise County at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time.
Cochise County Public Information Officer Carol Capas told Fox News Digital that Sivrad made threatening posts on social media targeting President Trump over a two-day period.
The sheriff’s office previously said Sivlerd had outstanding arrest warrants out of Wisconsin for DUI and failure to appear for DUI, as well as out of Graham County, Arizona for hit-and-run and felony failure to register as a sex offender.
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Ronald Lee Siverud (Cochise County Sheriff’s Office)
Sivlerd, who has an address in Arizona, is listed on the Wisconsin Department of Corrections sex offender registry for “second-degree sexual assault of a child.”
According to court records viewed by Fox News Digital, Syverud was most recently indicted on assault charges in June, but the charges were dropped in July.
The sheriff’s office posted on Facebook that Syverud was being sought “as a lead in the investigation of death threats against a presidential candidate,” but later confirmed that it was Trump.
Additional charges against Sivrud are pending.
The threats on former President Trump’s life come in the wake of an almost-assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last month.
The sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital that there are “no known ties to Pennsylvania and we are working with local, state and federal agencies.”
The former president held his first outdoor rally since the assassination attempt on Wednesday, speaking from a podium in Asheboro, North Carolina, behind a bulletproof glass barrier.
Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump speaks through bulletproof glass during a campaign rally at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, on August 21, 2024. (Peter Zay/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump visited the southern border in Cochise County, Arizona, on Thursday as he continues to campaign for the November election. The president has been busy this week campaigning in battleground states.
Asked for comment at a press conference Thursday afternoon, Trump appeared unaware of the raid, saying he recognized it might be “dangerous” for him to be there but “I have a job to do.”
When asked about the raids, Trump said, “I haven’t heard about it. They probably don’t want me to know about it,” before joking, “Thanks for letting me know. I’m getting out of here right now,” and again thanking reporters for letting me know.
Trump later spoke about the assassination attempt on Butler, saying he had “tremendous respect for the Secret Service who jumped on me with bullets flying all over them.”
“I have a lot of respect for that, but, no, I haven’t heard that,” Trump said, referring to the manhunt for the man, “but I’m not that surprised, and the reason is, I want to do very bad things for the bad guys.”
Fox News’ Alicia Acuña then asked Trump whether the threats against him sparked an investigation and made him want to do the event differently.
“I’ve heard about it. But I have to do my job. It’s a job. It’s a dangerous job, but I have to do my job,” Trump said.
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“The U.S. Secret Service investigates all threats against those we protect. Because this is an ongoing investigation, we cannot comment further at this time,” the Secret Service told Fox News Digital in a statement.
