'So incoherent': Martin County sheriff talks about other posts from man who threatened the President

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TOMORROW. FELICIA. ALL RIGHT CHRIS, THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING MORE KILL. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THAT MAN, KENDALL TODD, IS THE BROTHER OF TRICIA TODD, A HOBE SOUND MOTHER WHO WAS KILLED BY HER EX-HUSBAND BACK IN 2016. TREASURE COAST BUREAU REPORTER ANGELA ROZIER IS IN MARTIN COUNTY WITH THE DETAILS. FIGHT ME NAKED TO THE DEATH. I’M GOING TO CUT YOU UP WITH A CHAINSAW AND PUT YOU IN ACID. THIS IS SAINT LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT KENDALL TODD. TODD IS ACCUSED OF POSTING THREATS TO KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP. AS WELL AS THIS ONLINE MESSAGE OF A DEFAMATORY NATURE AGAINST MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN BUDENSIEK. I READ THROUGH WHATEVER THE RAMBLINGS WERE. THEY WERE SO INCOHERENT THERE WAS NOT A THREAT IN THERE, BUT THERE WAS. IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS OBSESSED WITH ME THAT DAY. BUT THEY WEREN’T THREATS. THEY WEREN’T. I’M GOING TO KILL JOHN BUDENSIEK, CUT HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN ACID. TODD IS THE BROTHER OF TRICIA TODD, THE 30 YEAR OLD HOBE SOUND MOTHER KILLED IN 2016. SHE WAS BRUTALLY CLUBBED TO DEATH BY HER EX-HUSBAND, WHO THEN DISMEMBERED HER BODY AND BURIED HER IN A TUB OF ACID. SHERIFF BUDENSIEK SAYS HE WAS THE LAST TO SEE TRICIA ALIVE. HER EX-HUSBAND, WHO KILLED HER THAT NIGHT, HAD LURED HER BACK HOME BY SAYING THAT THEIR DAUGHTER WAS SICK, SO SHE HAD GONE TO PUBLIX TO BUY COLD MEDICINE TO TRY TO HELP HER OWN DAUGHTER. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF HIS PLOT TO GET HER HOME. AND I SAW HER WHILE SHE WAS BUYING THAT MEDICINE, HE SAYS. WHILE HE GREW UP KNOWING THE TODD FAMILY, WHEN KENDALL TODD, REPORTEDLY EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE, THREATENED TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DEPUTIES HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ARREST HIM. IRONICALLY, I WAS ACTUALLY INVITED DOWN TO GET A PHOTO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SUNDAY, AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN TO MEET WITH HIM, I WAS SENDING THE SCREENSHOTS OF THOSE TEXT MESSAGES TO THE SECRET SERVICE, TO OUR DETECTIVES WHO WERE WORKING WITH SAINT LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO BUILD THIS CASE. NOW, TODD IS FACING A CHARGE OF MAKING WRITTEN THREATS TO KILL OR CAUSE BODILY HARM. HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SET FOR MARCH 24TH I

'So incoherent': Martin County sheriff talks about other posts from man who threatened the President

The St. Lucie County man accused of posting online threats to kill President Donald Trump last week is also accused of posting online messages about other people in the community.Todd is accused of posting messages of a defamatory nature against Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek."They were so incoherent," Budensiek said. "It was clear that he was obsessed with me that day. But they weren't threats—they weren't, 'I'm going to kill John Budensiek, cut him up, and put him in acid."Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsTodd is the brother of Tricia Todd, the 30-year-old Hobe Sound mother killed in 2016.She was brutally clubbed to death by her ex-husband, who then dismembered her body and buried her in a tub of acid.Budensiek said he was the last person to see Tricia alive.The two crossed paths at a nearby Publix."Her ex-husband, who killed her that night, had lured her back home by saying that their daughter was sick," Budensiek said. "So, she had gone to Publix to buy cold medicine to try to help her own daughter, and he—that was actually part of his plot to get her home. I saw her while she was buying that medicine."THREAT ARREST: Man arrested for making threatening messages on social media toward President TrumpHe added that while he grew up knowing the Todd family when Kendal Todd—reportedly experiencing a mental health episode—threatened the President of the United States, deputies had no choice but to arrest him."Where he crossed the line is when he switched over to the President of the United States and really referenced what happened to his sister, Tricia Todd," Budensiek said. "With what he planned to do to our president, that is why he's sitting in the St. Lucie County Jail now."Budensiek said he talked to the Todd family, and they were very apologetic.Kendal Todd is facing a charge of making a written threat to kill or cause bodily harm. His next court hearing is March 24.Top Headlines:Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. —

The St. Lucie County man accused of posting online threats to kill President Donald Trump last week is also accused of posting online messages about other people in the community.

Todd is accused of posting messages of a defamatory nature against Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.

"They were so incoherent," Budensiek said. "It was clear that he was obsessed with me that day. But they weren't threats—they weren't, 'I'm going to kill John Budensiek, cut him up, and put him in acid."

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Todd is the brother of Tricia Todd, the 30-year-old Hobe Sound mother killed in 2016.

She was brutally clubbed to death by her ex-husband, who then dismembered her body and buried her in a tub of acid.

Budensiek said he was the last person to see Tricia alive.

The two crossed paths at a nearby Publix.

"Her ex-husband, who killed her that night, had lured her back home by saying that their daughter was sick," Budensiek said. "So, she had gone to Publix to buy cold medicine to try to help her own daughter, and he—that was actually part of his plot to get her home. I saw her while she was buying that medicine."

THREAT ARREST: Man arrested for making threatening messages on social media toward President Trump

He added that while he grew up knowing the Todd family when Kendal Todd—reportedly experiencing a mental health episode—threatened the President of the United States, deputies had no choice but to arrest him.

"Where he crossed the line is when he switched over to the President of the United States and really referenced what happened to his sister, Tricia Todd," Budensiek said. "With what he planned to do to our president, that is why he's sitting in the St. Lucie County Jail now."

Budensiek said he talked to the Todd family, and they were very apologetic.

Kendal Todd is facing a charge of making a written threat to kill or cause bodily harm. His next court hearing is March 24.

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