Man indicted for alleged threat to Obama

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EL PASO, Texas, March 12 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man, charged with threatening to shoot President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day, has been indicted by an El Paso, Texas, federal grand jury.

William Mose Tucker, 20, was charged Tuesday with threats against the president, allegedly telling an unidentified person in September he intended to shoot the president. The person to whom Tucker allegedly made the remark informed federal agents, court records said.

Tucker was arrested in Lawton, Okla., on January 20, the day before the inauguration.

In interviews with federal agents, Tucker denied making the threat, but acknowledged he attended meetings in El Paso of the "20th Militia," a group of current and former military members that has been investigated by the FBI and other federal authorities, court documents mentioning a "brief unspecified association" with the organization.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Castaneda ordered Tucker detained without bond as a threat to the community.

Tucker moved from Pennsylvania to El Paso in 2011, and moved to Oklahoma after he obtained a job selling magazine subscriptions. He maintained contact with FBI and U.S. Secret Service agents, keeping them informed of his whereabouts, the El Paso Times, reported.