Washington — The Secret Service arrested a Chicago woman Monday after >prosecutors alleged she sent multiple menacing emails to a Florida school in >which she threatened to kill former President Donald Trump and his teenage >son, Barron, a law enforcement official confirmed to CBS News.
"I will shoot Donald Trump Sr. AND Barron Trump straight in the face at any >opportunity that I get," Tracy Fiorenza allegedly emailed the headmaster of a >Palm Beach school on May 21, 2023, according to a criminal complaint filed >earlier this month in Florida.
Days later, court documents allege Fiorenza, 41, again emailed the unnamed >school official, "I am going to slam a bullet in Baron Trump's head with his >father IN SELF DEFENSE!"
Secret Service agents in Chicago interviewed her on June 14, 2023, court >records reveal, during which time she admitted that she had written the >threatening messages from her Illinois home.
A senior law enforcement official said that Fiorenza has been "on the U.S. >Secret Service's radar for several years." And recently, the "nature of her >threats escalated to become more specific."
"Her family has expressed concern to law enforcement about her potential for >violence," a senior law enforcement official said. "She has struggled >chronically with her mental health and recently reported stopping taking her >prescribed medication."
Fiorenza appeared in Chicago federal court Monday and will likely be >transferred to Florida, where the charges against her were filed. A detention >hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
The Secret Service referred requests for comment to the U.S. attorney for the >Northern District of Illinois.
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The arrest comes days after a Texas woman was taken into custody after >leaving a threatening voicemail on the office phone of federal Judge Tayna >Chutkan, who is overseeing special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump >in Washington, D.C.
Sources told CBS News the U.S. Marshals Service had in recent weeks increased >the judge's security.
A defense attorney for Fiorenza could not be immediately identified for >comment.
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