Ohio Bartender Charged with Threatening to Murder John Boehner
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ABC/Martin H. Simon(WASHINGTON) — An Ohio man has been indicted on charges of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, ABC News has confirmed.
Michael Robert Hoyt was indicted Jan. 7 on charges of threatening to murder Boehner last October, shortly after he was dismissed from his job as a bartender, according to an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint and arrest warrant. According to the complaint, Hoyt had previously been “treated for a psychotic episode” and was prescribed medication which he “voluntarily stopped taking.”
According to the complaint, Hoyt, 44, was dismissed from his job as a bartender at Wetherington Country Club in West Chester, Ohio. He allegedly made comments on a 911 call that he was fired before he was able to have an opportunity to “put something in John Boehner’s drink.”
He also told the officers that he was Jesus Christ and threatened to kill Boehner “because Boehner was mean to him at the country club and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola,” according to the complaint.
“Speaker Boehner is aware of this situation, and sincerely thanks the FBI, the Capitol Police, and local authorities in Ohio for their efforts,” Boehner spokesperson Michael Steel said in a statement.
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