Eric Lin, Making Threatening Communications, Florida 2019

A Maryland man has been arrested for making multiple threats to injure and kill Hispanics in Miami.

Eric Lin, 35, of Clarksburg, Maryland, was arrested on Friday, August 16, 2019 in Seattle, Washington, after being charged with Making Threatening Communications, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c) via a criminal complaint filed in Miami.

According to allegations in the complaint, between May 30, 2019, and August 13, 2019, Eric Lin made multiple threatening communications via Facebook to injure and kill a South Florida resident and to kill all Hispanics in Miami and other places.

Ariana Fajardo Orshan, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the City of Miami Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria K. Medetis.

A complaint is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

The case is ongoing, and no sentence or outcome has been announced.

For more information, visit the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/maryland-man-arrested-making-multiple-threats-injure-and-kill-hispanics