A Grimes County man has been charged for allegedly threatening to kill federal agents and bomb the White House on social media, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday.
Peter James Bloomfield, 35, was arrested June 10 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant. Bloomfield remains in custody. A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment, and an arraignment against Bloomfield before a magistrate judge is scheduled in Houston, according to a June 3 criminal complaint.
The charges against Bloomfield link him to the Texas account X, where he made several posts including: “I can use my money to blow up the White House and kill some Jewish billionaires” and “I want to shoot someone and I don’t care who, even if it’s a federal agent or 10 of them,” the criminal complaint says.
Bloomfield’s lawyers declined to comment.
Law enforcement identified Bloomfield’s Facebook account where he allegedly posted more threats, according to the complaint. The Facebook account allegedly contained comments about compiling a hit list that included President Donald Trump, according to the complaint. Bloomfield had prior military training and allegedly admitted to “conducting research on the Internet” by watching videos of buildings being demolished, according to the July 1 arrest warrant.
The arrest warrant alleges that Bloomfield also openly threatened to rape and kill women in Grimes County and that, by his own account, he said he made those threats because he was angry and “saw red” because he couldn’t go on dates with women. The arrest warrant states that he called himself an incel, a person in forced celibacy.
“That (Bloomfield) acted out of frustration in his personal life by making death threats against government officials and institutions reflects the degree of (instability) that makes him dangerous,” the detention order states.
After searching Bloomfield’s home, officers found more than 20 firearms and a “significant amount” of ammunition, the complaint said. Bloomfield faces up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000 for the firearm charge, according to the release.