Three Alabama College Students Jailed Over Online Threats Targeting Trump
Three Alabama College Students Jailed Over Online Threats Targeting Trump
Leslie Bolden Sat, October 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC
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Hours before President Donald Trump took the stage at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Center, federal agents swept the Mobile campus to arrest three students accused of posting violent threats against him online.
The suspects—identified in federal court records as Cameron Lamark Lewis, Kayla Leaann Smith, and Amare Jemal Woods—were each charged with threatening the president. Investigators emphasized that while the trio posted on separate platforms within days of each other, their rhetoric triggered immediate red flags for law enforcement monitoring the campus ahead of Trump’s Friday evening rally.
Federal affidavits detail chilling remarks that quickly drew Secret Service and FBI intervention. Lewis, a resident assistant and campus Greek council vice president, allegedly posted two violent messages on X on Sept. 26. In one, he invoked a fatal 2025 campus shooting, writing: “N—– gon remember the University of South Alabama the same way they remember Utah Valley University.” A subsequent post referenced the recent shooting death of Chicago rapper Mikquale Cooper, known as BloodHound Q50: “IF Y’ALL CAN Q50THAT N—-.”
Federal authorities allege the threats were not confined to X. Smith, an elementary education major, reportedly commented under a TikTok post about the rally on Sept. 29, writing, “We only got one chance let’s take it,” alongside an image mimicking someone brandishing a firearm. Meanwhile, Woods, an 18-year-old freshman studying aerospace engineering, was arrested after allegedly commenting “he gotta die bro” beneath another campus event video on TikTok on Sept. 27.
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Investigators used emergency disclosure requests and worked alongside university police to unmask the social media accounts, taking all three students into custody Friday morning. A federal magistrate ordered them held behind bars over the weekend pending formal detention hearings.
While federal prosecutors are treating the posts as serious security breaches, defense counsel argued the online rhetoric lacked genuine violent intent. Jason Darley, an attorney representing Woods, described his client as a recent high school graduate caught up in the toxic momentum of online discourse.
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“As I told the judge, this kid is the furthest away from any defendant I’ve ever represented in federal court in 21 years,” Darley said, adding that while he understood why security protocols were triggered ahead of the president’s arrival, “I don’t honestly think any of these three are threats.”
Despite the arrests, Trump’s rally went ahead as planned inside a packed arena, where the president addressed thousands of supporters without disruption. If convicted under federal statutes governing presidential threats, each student faces up to five years in federal prison.
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Three Alabama College Students Jailed Over Online Threats Targeting Trump
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