A Cincinnati man was arrested Saturday for allegedly making threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on social media.

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Anthony Marcus Kelly, 38, faces federal charges, including threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder a United States official, as well as transmitting communications containing threats to kidnap or injure another person.

The arrest comes as violence against agents is up 830%. However, this may be an undercounted figure.

As an ICE press release detailed Tuesday:

Law enforcement became aware of a social media user going by the name of ‘Slab’ after he allegedly made multiple social media posts calling for the killing of ICE officers and detailing his acquisition of firearms to carry out that threat.

After an investigation, the user making these posts was identified as Kelly, who lives in the Cincinnati area.

In one of his alleged........

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