A 67-year-old Illinois man was charged for threatening ICE agents on YouTube, claiming he’d bring weapons to Minneapolis to harm 50 officers.

A 67-year-old man from Troy, Illinois, Jeffrey A. Mullinix, has been charged with a federal crime for threatening to harm ICE agents in a YouTube comment posted on January 21, 2026. Authorities say he claimed to be traveling to Minneapolis with weapons and intended to injure at least 50 law enforcement officers, citing prior military experience. The FBI, alerted by an anonymous tip, interviewed him the next day and seized two rifles. He faces one count of interstate communication containing a threat to injure. The investigation is ongoing, with no further details released.