Overview
- Bryan Naylor was booked Monday on a third-degree felony charge of making a terroristic threat against a public official and was released Tuesday on a $20,000 bond.
- A District 9 staffer found the note on Dec. 11 affixed under the chief of staff’s desk with Naylor’s photo and the words “Die Fascist,” according to an email from the city manager and an arrest affidavit.
- Police say Naylor admitted creating the note and hiding lifelike replicas of a rat, snake, and cockroaches in the office before leaving his prior District 9 job.
- District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez said she fired Naylor and reiterated a zero-tolerance policy for threats of violence.
- The affidavit cites reported animosity during the staff transition to Councilwoman Misty Spears, and former Councilman John Courage publicly defended Naylor, disputing that the note was intended as a threat.