A Michigan man has been charged with unlawfully owning several firearms after federal agents uncovered online death threats he allegedly made against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden
Randall Robert Berka II faces one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. He has not yet entered a formal plea, and a lawyer is not yet listed on his court docket. Berka has not been charged with making the threats. At his initial appearance on Friday, a federal judge ordered Berka to be detained pending another hearing on March 15.
“Im more than willing tot [sic] kill whitmer and I do live in Michigan,” Berka allegedly wrote in one comment, referencing the governor of Michigan, a Democrat. Berka also allegedly wrote that “im going to kill these democrats biden deserves to die” and that “queers need to die.” Investigators went to Berka’s house and spoke to his mother, according to court documents.
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