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Minnesota Lobbyist Arrested Over Threat of Violence at State Capitol

He remains held at Carver County Jail awaiting a court hearing, with legislative security officials reporting no further threats.

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Authorities have arrested a Minnesota lobbyist suspected of sending a text message that included a “threat of violence” at the state Capitol, Minnesota House Republicans said Thursday, June 19, 2025.(Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
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Overview

  • Jonathan Michael Bohn, a 41-year-old lobbyist from Woodbury, was arrested June 18 after allegedly sending a text threatening violence at the Minnesota State Capitol.
  • Rep. Jim Nash reported the message to law enforcement, triggering alerts to the House Sergeant at Arms, State Patrol, and Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
  • Bohn works for the Inter Faculty Organization, a union representing faculty at Minnesota’s state universities, which has not commented on the arrest.
  • The text did not target any individual lawmaker but warned of unspecified violence within the Capitol complex.
  • Sgt. Chris Nelson announced that a detailed case update will be issued in a Friday news release by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.