Overview

• Federal prosecutors allege Jackson Elliot Fleming, 23, posted on Jodel from Chesterton, Indiana, that he would carry out a “mass execution” of his peers.
• Fleming is charged with transmitting a threat across state lines and faces a maximum sentence of five years if convicted.
• Court records quoted in new filings offer no public explanation for how investigators traced the post and provide no motive.
• The Sept. 11 threat prompted a Naval Academy lockdown during widespread rumor and confusion, when a midshipman struck a security officer with a parade rifle and was then shot; both were treated and released.
• Naval Academy officials say Fleming served from June 30, 2021, to Jan. 5, 2024; he is free on a $20,000 bond and no trial date has been set.