06-02-2025
Springfield man arrested after threatening ICE employees in several cities
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man was arrested and charged in federal court for calling and threatening Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers across the country, according to federal court documents.
The defendant, 51-year-old Gabriel Ramsey of Springfield, is accused of interstate communication containing any threat to injure multiple people, which violates Title 18, Section 875(c) of the United States Code.
A federal complaint submitted to the Missouri Western District Court states that from Jan 28-30, 2025, Ramsey sent threatening emails to ICE offices in San Diego, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and York, Pennsylvania.
In the email, Ramsey said in part that Trump's 'border czar' Tom Homan 'needs to be shot in the head' and hopes every ICE agent gets 'beaten to death with a tire iron.' He also calls ICE a threat that 'needs to be eliminated,' accusing them of terrorizing vulnerable communities and removing people of color from the United States as cruelly as possible and comparing them to fascists and an authoritarian regime.
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On Jan. 30, 2025, the Fresno, California Office of Enforcement and Removal received a call from someone who identified himself as Ramsey. The complaint stated that he wanted Homan and all ICE agents 'to be shot in the head' and claimed he wanted to harm himself and others, according to the complaint.
Ramsey also claimed to have called the United States Secret Service (USSS) and asked their agents to assassinate the president, according to the complaint, saying he wasn't actively trying to assassinate the president himself but stated he would shoot President Trump if he had the chance.
On that same day, the Denver, Colorado Office of Enforcement and Removal received calls from Ramsey reiterating that everyone in ICE should be killed.
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On Jan. 30, 2025, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in Springfield and Springfield police officers entered the home of Ramsey's father on Jan. 30, who confirmed Ramsey was inside. Ramsey came out of his room and called the agents fascists and SS officers, stating that he had sent the threatening email to ICE offices, court documents state.
Ramsey said he did not plan to act on his threats but wanted ICE employees to feel unsafe. When asked if he wanted to harm ICE agents, Ramsey told agents they would have to guess.
Ramsey was then detained by Springfield police and taken to the Greene County Jail, where he is being held with no bond.
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