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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is facing charges after detectives said he posted threats to kill Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan on social media and wanted to get protection from President Donald Trump.
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According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Jose Angel Valadez, 30, posted on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday that he would assassinate Sheridan. He also requested “full presidential immunity” while making the threats, investigators said.
Deputies said they took Valadez into custody the same day. He was booked into jail on misdemeanor charges of threatening and intimidating and of using an electronic device to threaten.
“The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office enforces the rule of law without exception and will not tolerate threats or violence against elected officials, delivering swift and decisive consequences to anyone who attempts to intimidate this agency or its personnel,” said Calbert Gillett of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
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