According to the FBI, Craig Jungwirth, 50, was arrested at his Orlando home Saturday for a violating bond conditions in an unrelated pending misdemeanor case.
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South Florida Gay News, which was the first to report the August 30 Facebook postings under Jungwirth’s name making the alleged threats, reported earlier this year that multiple complaints had surfaced over the way Jungwirth was operating Beach Bear Weekend.
A man linked to social media posts threatening a Pulse-style attack against the LGBT community will not face a judge in federal court Tuesday. No sound or further comment will be available. “If you losers thought the Pulse nightclub shooting was bad, wait until you see what I’m planning for Labor Day”.
The FBI says Jungwirth has been charged with transmitting threatening communications.
The Wilton Manors Police Department also has record of Jungwirth stalking and harassing former coworkers and other residents of the community.
“You can never catch a genius from MIT and since you [expletive] aren’t dying from AIDS anymore, I have a better solution to exterminate you”.
He went on to warn of a Labor Day plan that would rival the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando last June when a gunman killed 49 people and wounded many more.
Jungwirth was located by investigators on Wednesday walking outside a house in Orlando where he was living with his mother, Maryann T. Jungwirth.
“Are you concerned about him?” asked reporter Angela Jacobs.
The Sun Sentinel reported that the lawyer, Ron Baum of Ft.
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According to the federal complaint, the complainant also told officials in the past several months, Jungwirth sent them thousands of threatening text messages, Facebook messages and phone calls – many times with Jungwirth stating, “I’m going to get you”.
