Allison Jeanne Albro, 21, was charged with written threats to kill after an Instagram post concerning President Donald Trump, and was booked into jail without bond, according to WFTV, citing information from investigators. Florida Statute Section 836.10 makes certain written or electronic threats to kill or cause bodily harm, conduct a mass shooting or commit an act of terrorism a second-degree felony, according to the Florida Legislature’s published statute.
Investigation and reported findings
WFTV reported that the FBI alerted Daytona-area detectives to the Instagram post. Volusia Crime Center personnel identified Albro as the person allegedly responsible, and local detectives and U.S. Secret Service agents went to her residence to investigate. The investigation involved those agencies and the FBI, according to the station.
In information reported by WFTV, Albro acknowledged making the post but characterized it as a joke; investigators also said she told them she did not own a firearm and did not intend to harm anyone. The station reported that a consensual search of her home found no firearms, ammunition or related accessories.
What the available account does not establish
The available information does not give the post’s exact wording or timing, identify the event it allegedly referred to, or provide a booking number, docket information or hearing date. It also does not establish whether federal prosecutors will bring an additional charge. Federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 871, addresses threats against the president and successors, but the article provides no indication that the statute has been invoked in Albro’s case.
A separate Alabama case offers a point of comparison, not information about Albro’s case: KCRA reported that 36-year-old Megan Lorraine Utz faced a two-count federal indictment over alleged threats against Trump and a threatening interstate communication. The reported threat concerned Trump’s planned appearance at the Oct. 10 Alabama-Georgia football game in Tuscaloosa.
