West Palm Beach man charged with voter intimidation after threats at polling station

Authorities now say the voice is that of Nicholas Farley of West Palm Beach our film crews recorded these anti-Semitic statements last week at the Acreage branch library polling station.

“I’m very glad he’s been arrested,” said campaign staffer Lilly Loudon, who appeared to be the target of the remarks.

Farley is currently in prison on charges of voter intimidation and voter fraud, both of which are hate crimes.

In last week’s incident, Loudon says, after Farley’s alleged anti-Semitic rant, he drove his van toward her in the parking lot.

“He swerved, I think, to scare me,” Loudon said. “And he came pretty close.”

We’ve learned West Palm Beach police charged Farley with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in July after an African-American man said Farley “…made some sort of racial slur.” Then, as Farley approached him, he saw, “…what Farley was holding in his hand and pointing at him was a gun.”

Those charges were dropped. The alleged victim told me over the phone that it was because authorities had no evidence that Farley actually pointed a gun at him.

Last week, WPTV reporter Kayla McDermott played an audio recording of Farley’s alleged anti-Semitic remarks to State Attorney Dave Aronberg.

“It’s vile and disgusting,” Aronberg responded on audio.

After Farley’s arrest, Aronberg emailed me this statement:

We will consider the case based on the information provided in the arrest report and provided by law enforcement agencies. The First Amendment does not protect someone from voter intimidation.

As of Monday evening, Farley was in jail.

A judge set bail at $200,000 at his first court appearance.

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