A fourth individual has been arrested for making online threats to murder Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, following multiple months of similar threats that have resulted in arrests and extraditions.
On Wednesday, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Tony Stromberg of Calgary, Alberta. Stromberg was taken into custody by Canadian police for making repeated threats over Twitter, via email, and in phone calls to Sheriff’s Office employees.
According to police, through the alias “Condor Calabasas,” Stromberg emailed threats to murder Sheriff Chitwood and members of his family.
In an email sent in March, Stromberg stated that he had made an “obviously much more credible threat,” and was disappointed that “not one police car, let alone FBI car,” had pulled up to his home.
Stromberg’s alleged threats follow months of similar statements made by individuals online.
Earlier this year, 23-year-old Cristhian Zapata was arrested and extradited from Connecticut after posting “I WILL KILL CHITWOOD, MARK MY WORDS,” on 4Chan in April.
Tyler Meyer, 30, was arrested on March 31 by the San Diego Police Department at his mother’s home in connection with similar threats made through 4Chan. According to police, Meyer made an anonymous post stating that it was “too bad Mike Chitwood isn’t safe now that I’m planning to kill him.” He went on to say that he was going to “kill him by shooting him to death.”
Similarly, 38-year-old Richard Golden was arrested after allegedly issuing threats through the same website. Authorities say that Golden wrote the following comment:
“Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem…But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him.”
All three of the previously arrested individuals have now been extradited to Florida and charged with making a written threat to kill or cause injury.
Stromberg was taken into custody by Calgary Police Service Detectives on Sunday, June 11, on a charge of uttering threats to cause death. Authorities say that Stromberg is expected to remain in Canada to face his charges, and will not require extradition to Volusia County.