FBI: Medford man threatened president; bombs seized
A Medford man was arrested and charged with threatening the president of the United States on Thursday night, the FBI said.
John Martin Roos, 61, was taken into custody following a search of his apartment that also turned up several pipe bombs, officials said.
Agents made a probable cause arrest of Roos, charging him with threatening the president of the United States and use of an interstate facility to transmit threats.
Roos is currently being held at the Jackson County jail. He will likely make an initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge in the next few days.
Around noon on Thursday, FBI agents and Medford police officers served a federal search warrant at Roos’ apartment on Poplar Drive in Medford.
Inside, they found what appeared to be several pipe bombs. The Oregon State Police Explosives Unit responded, and members of that unit have rendered the devices safe.
The U.S. Secret Service is assisting in this investigation.