Suspect faces charges after alleged bomb threat at Trump rally

LAUREN TAYLOR: A 65-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS IN COURT MONDAY,  FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY MAKING A BOMB THREAT AT A TRUMP RALLY IN MICHIGAN.

PROSECUTORS SAY STEVEN WILLIAM NAUTA BREACHED SECURITY AT A TRUMP CAMPAIGN RALLY IN WALKER, MICHIGAN, LATE LAST WEEK. HE WAS INITIALLY DENIED ENTRY AT A TRAFFIC CHECKPOINT – AND REPORTEDLY SHOWED OFFICERS A BOTTLE, CLAIMING IT CONTAINED ‘C4’ EXPLOSIVES, BEFORE SPEEDING THROUGH A SECURITY CHECKPOINT.

POLICE PURSUED NAUTA, WHO EVENTUALLY STOPPED IN A NEARBY BUSINESS PARKING LOT. HE THEN THREW BAGS OF FERTILIZER FROM HIS VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND, APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO SIMULATE EXPLOSIVES ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT.

DESPITE NAUTA’S CLAIMS, KENT COUNTY PROSECUTOR CHRIS BECKER CONFIRMED THAT NO ACTIVE BOMB OR EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND IN HIS VEHICLE.

NAUTA NOW FACES FOUR FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING MAKING A FALSE THREAT OF TERRORISM AND POSSESSION OF BOMBS WITH UNLAWFUL INTENT.

KENT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE NICHOLAS CHRISTENSEN SET NAUTA’S BOND AT $1 MILLION DOLLARS.

IN JULY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS SHOT IN THE EAR DURING A RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE FROM AN UNSECURED ROOFTOP.

THEN JUST WEEKS AGO, A GUNMAN WAS ARRESTED NEAR TRUMP’S FLORIDA GOLF COURSE AFTER SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SPOTTED A RIFLE BARREL PROTRUDING THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE FENCE LINE.