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Louisiana man accused of threatening president, denied bond

31-year-old Friedrich Ishola was arrested Nov. 6 and accused of making "threats against (the) president and successors to the presidency." Details were not released.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are recognized during a NCAA college football game between LSU and Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

SHREVEPORT, La. — A federal judge has refused to set bond for a Louisiana man accused of threatening President Donald Trump via social media posts last week.

KTBS-TV reports U.S. Magistrate District Judge Mark Hornsby told 31-year-old Friedrich Ishola that bond couldn't be set Tuesday because of a parole hold on pending state charges. If bond is set in state court, Hornsby says he will reconsider bond on the federal charge.

Ishola was arrested Nov. 6 and accused of making "threats against (the) president and successors to the presidency." Details were not released.

Caddo Parish sheriff's investigators found the alleged threat after they had obtained arrest warrants for Ishola for cyberstalking linked to a separate investigation.

Ishola told Hornsby he has health problems and needs medication. Hornsby assured him U.S. Marshals would address his concerns

SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal judge Tuesday morning refused to set bond for a Shreveport man accused of threatening President Donald Trump via social media posts last week. U.S. Magistrate District Judge Mark Hornsby told Friedrich Ishola, 31, during a preliminary examination and detention hearing that bond could not be set on his federal charge because of a parole hold on pending charges in state court.

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