Isolated threats and political violence have marked the election season across the country

Reports of violent threats and physical violence were not widespread in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, but several people across the country have been charged with related crimes in recent weeks.

Scripps News found that local, state and federal authorities have made arrests in several jurisdictions for incidents of election-related intimidation or violence.

These locations include Minnesota, Texas, Michigan, Florida, South Carolina, Arizona, and Washington, DC.

Shooting threats

In Rochester, Minnesota, the Olmsted County District Attorney filed felony charges against Timothy William Kearney after accusing him of threatening to shoot people at a polling place on November 3.

According to court documents obtained by Scripps News, an election judge told police she heard Kearney say he was “shooting every Democrat in the building” as he and another man arrived at the polling place to vote. She also reported that the men “seemed drunk.”

The officer who investigated the incident at the Kearney apartment complex said the 46-year-old refused to open the door for the officer and “kept yelling at (the officer) that he was going to kill them.”

Court records say Kearney later said he “didn’t remember what he said.”

In Arizona, weeks before the election police arrested Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, accused of shooting at the Democratic National Committee office in Tempe. He is also accused of hanging bags of white powder on political signs using razors taped to the edges of the signs.

Threats with a machete

In Florida, Caleb Williams, 18, was charged with aggravated assault after he was accused of threatening voters with a 23-inch machete at an early voting precinct on October 29.

According to an arrest report obtained by Scripps News, one witness said Williams “approached her with a machete raised above her head in an intimidating manner.” Another witness reported that she was “afraid of being injured.”

A police officer investigating the incident said Williams “admitted to having a machete and holding it with a political sign attached.”

Controversy over political hats

The video, taken in Orangeburg, South Carolina, shows a voter and poll workers arguing over a political hat the voter was asked to remove from his head.

The South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement confirmed to Scripps News that it is investigating the case, but no charges have been filed at this time.

A similar argument occurred at a polling place in Bexar County, Texas, where a voter wore a political baseball cap at an early voting station, which was against the law.

“It got ugly,” said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.

When an employee of the election commission escorted the voter out of the premises, “the suspect seemed to push the victim’s hand away… At that moment, the victim seemed to push away from the suspect. The suspect then turned around and punched the victim directly in the face,” he said.

Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, was charged with a felony for injuring the worker.

In Orland Park, Illinois, prosecutors charged 24-year-old Daniel Schmidt with felonies after they accused him of punching an election judge who warned him not to cut in line at a polling place.

“Schmidt began yelling profanities and punched the election judge in the face, knocking off his glasses,” the Orland Park Police Department said. “At that point, several other patrons jumped in and restrained Schmidt until officers arrived.”

Volunteers were threatened with a car

In St. Clair Shores, Michigan, a group of volunteers working on a Democratic campaign said a man threatened them with his car while they were spreading the word in a VFW parking lot.

Jason Lynch Lafond, 55, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and ethnic intimidation after the Maycomb County District Attorney said he “allegedly shouted derogatory slurs, including sexual slurs.” In addition, he said that when Trump wins, he will “destroy” people like them. The prosecutor said Lafon “returned to his vehicle and accelerated toward (the) volunteers, who had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.”

Federal charges for bomb threat, threatening comments

This month, federal authorities indicted two Michigan men for making election-related threats of violence online.

According to a complaint filed in federal court, Christopher Clay Pierce, 46, is accused of making violent threats against a political action committee.

Pearce is accused of writing: “Every day your people contact me with campaign ads… You (expletive) contact me again (sic). I guarantee I can find every single one of your (expletive) organizers… We’ll turn you (expletive) inside out.” He is also accused of writing: “Kamala Harris is nothing but… a communist.”

He also described his associates as “trained killers,” according to court records.

Issac ZisselThe 25-year-old has been accused of using violent names like “ShootUpTrumpRally” and “PlanningToKillTrump.” He faces federal charges for threatening violence against conservative Christians after the election.

“I will attack… if Trump wins the election,” he was accused of writing.

Meanwhile, an an election worker in GeorgiaNicholas Wimbish, 25, is facing federal charges for making a bomb threat to a superintendent of elections and making it appear that it came from a disgruntled voter.

Capitol fear

On Election Day, United States Capitol Police arrested a man who tried to enter the Capitol Visitor Center while carrying a flare, a lighter and bottles of what appeared to be gasoline.

“Officers searched the man and found what appeared to be a manifesto and a letter to Congress. The letter focused on the man’s opinion about the war in the Middle East,” said a police official.

“If our officers had not stopped this individual, (Election Day) would have been a very different story than it is,” said U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Menger.

Menger said he does not believe the incident is related to the election.

The suspect, 27-year-old Austin M. Olson was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, illegal activity and disorderly conduct.

In September, the manager told Scripps News that his officers were and were prepared for threats and violence before, during and after the election.

“There are people who are certainly saying things on social media and expressing their feelings that if the election doesn’t go their way, they have big plans to somehow disrupt the government process,” he said. “We are aware of this and we are certainly planning for it and I am confident that we will be able to protect the Capitol and everything that happens here over the next few months.”