A Florida man is now behind bars after he allegedly made “violent threats” to President Donald Trump by way of Fb.

Shannon Depararro Atkins was apprehended Friday evening throughout a visitors cease, per police … following an investigation that started days prior.

West Palm Seaside Police Chief Tony Araujo spoke to the media Saturday … saying after they spoke to Atkins, he allegedly admitted to creating a collection of posts about Trump — claiming they have been simply jokes.

However, Chief Araujo says posts like these are by no means jokes — particularly in at the moment’s political local weather — and, that is why they charged Atkins.

The 46-year-old West Palm Seaside resident is accused of constructing “violent” threats on-line … with one of many posts studying “America wants one good bullet to be saved.”

Atkins’ posts allegedly began the investigation, after somebody reached out to the FBI Nationwide Risk Operations Middle with a tip, police mentioned.

An investigation into the alleged posts began on Monday … and by Friday evening, the suspect was in custody after a visitors cease … throughout which Atkins was allegedly in possession of cocaine.

The suspect is presently on the Palm Seaside County Sheriff’s Workplace Foremost Detention Middle … going through 2 prices — together with a depend of written or digital threats to kill, do bodily harm, or conduct a mass taking pictures or an act of terrorism, a second-degree felony.

He is also going through prices of possession of cocaine.

The Secret Service will decide if Atkins will face any federal prices.

Trump’s workforce introduced in November, after profitable the election, that there have been practically a dozen violent threats in the direction of his workforce and appointees … together with bomb threats.