JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Sarasota man has been federally indicted after prosecutors said he posted videos threatening to “hunt” Jewish people while displaying several firearms.
Duncan Fraser MacDonald, 45, is charged with transmitting communications containing threats to injure another person in interstate or foreign commerce, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
According to the indictment and a criminal complaint filed earlier in the case, MacDonald posted videos to Instagram between Sept. 16 and 17.
Federal prosecutors said MacDonald threatened to “hunt” Jewish people and “take them out because the Austrian painter was correct,” while displaying numerous firearms.
Authorities arrested MacDonald in Arizona on Sept. 18 under a federal arrest warrant. He made his initial appearance in federal court in Jacksonville on Friday.
MacDonald faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted.
The FBI and Clay County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney David B. Mesrobian is prosecuting it.
An indictment is a formal charge. MacDonald is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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