Duval Delegation members receive bomb threat with ransom demand

Multiple members of the Duval County Legislative Delegation tell Florida Politics they or their staff got an email Sunday morning threatening to bomb their offices and shoot people there unless they make a ransom payment.

Because this is an ongoing investigation by the House Sergeant of Arms, we will not reveal the names of those who say they received it, but members of both parties say they got the communication, which purports to be from someone with a name and an email address included.

“I am writing this email to inform you all that there’s multiple bombs inside of your building …. I’m ready to die there on Monday. I have an AR-15 that I will be using to shoot everyone after the bombs explode,” the email reads, “at 10 a.m. Monday.”

The correspondent uses what could be false information to tell the lawmakers who got the communication to contact her if they want to negotiate a settlement.

Legislators did not recognize the name purportedly used to send the email.

At least one recipient says the email was sent to a previous office location. Law enforcement was informed, swept the location in question, and found it was all clear.

We have reached out to the House Sergeant at Arms office to get more information about the ongoing probe.