A person arrested Wednesday on a second-degree felony cost of written menace to kill allegedly commented on Fb images of quite a few West Palm Seaside Police personnel: “All pictured are lifeless,” in accordance with a possible trigger affidavit.
Bryan Slater, 46, of Palm Seaside Gardens, was booked into the Palm Seaside County jail on Wednesday, 5 days after he used a Fb account with a faux title and a photograph of a Polk County deputy who was killed within the line of responsibility in 2022 because the profile image to remark the menace on images of a number of West Palm Seaside personnel, the affidavit mentioned.
Slater wrote the remark late final Friday evening below a submit with a photograph of Chief Tony Araujo, amongst others, that had been posted days earlier, in accordance with the affidavit. The images had been of West Palm Seaside Police personnel accepting awards and standing subsequent to Araujo at a Might 22 banquet in Palm Seaside Gardens honoring first responders.
On Monday morning, the division’s public data officer noticed the the threatening remark from an account with the username “Chris Kyililel” with a profile picture of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Lane, who was struck by a bullet fired by a fellow deputy whereas they served a felony arrest warrant in October 2022, and reported it to command workers, in accordance with the affidavit.
Fb information confirmed the cellphone quantity related to the profile was Slater’s, the affidavit mentioned, and Slater after an arrest earlier this yr had beforehand instructed police that his Fb account was the “Chris Kyililel” account.
Slater was arrested in April on a stalking cost, Palm Seaside County court docket information present. He supplied the identical cellphone quantity in paperwork associated to that arrest because the cellphone quantity related to the Fb account used to submit the threatening remark, in accordance with the affidavit.
The State Lawyer’s Workplace on Thursday filed a movement in search of to carry Slater in custody whereas the case is pending, citing that Slater “poses the specter of hurt to the group.” He remained within the jail as of Thursday night.