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A 28-year-old man who threatened to kill school children and Jews is in custody in Kalispell, Mont., after a weekend fusillade of tweets that were intercepted and monitored by the spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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David Joseph Lenio was arrested by FBI agents and local police Monday afternoon at a ski resort, about 12 hours after his last tweet using variations of the name 鈥減sychic dog talks.鈥�

Lenio, who apparently moved to Kalispell from Grand Rapids, Mich., is being held in the Flathead County Jail on two felony charges on intimidation and malicious intimidation for making online threats of violence. A search of his apartment in Kalispell turned up a handgun and two rifles 鈥� a bolt action and a semi-automatic.

Now, he also may face federal criminal charges.

In a YouTube video three years ago, the suspect, believed to have used the name 鈥淒avid Dave,鈥� brandished a .32-caliber Caltech semi-automatic handgun and said that he used it for concealed carry.

FBI agents and local law enforcement agencies in Montana, Oregon and Michigan were able to track and ultimately locate the suspect because of the work of Jonathan Hutson, the chief spokesman for the Brady Campaign.

鈥淥f all the people on Twitter with whom this white supremacist chose to tangle, he picked me,鈥� Hutson told Hatewatch today. 鈥淚 just happen to be a spokesman for the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence and I have a background as an investigative journalist.鈥�

Hutson has 53,000 followers on his Twitter account. Lenio, using the handle @PyschicDogTalk, responded after Hutson posted a Twitter message about double killings at a free-speech event and a synagogue on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Since last Thursday, Hutson learned, the Holocaust-denying Lenio has tweeted comments saying he wants to execute 30 or more 鈥済rade school students鈥� and 鈥渟hoot up a school鈥� and a synagogue, and put 鈥渢wo in the head鈥� of a rabbi or Jewish leader. He also said he hoped to go on a killing rampage until 鈥渃ops take me out.鈥�

Hutson, who lives near Washington, D.C., became aware of the threatening tweets from 鈥淍PyschicDogTalk2鈥� late Saturday evening. 鈥淎fter I alerted Twitter to @PyschicDogTalk2鈥檚 threat to murder grade school kids, he tweeted to me, asking where my kids go to school,鈥� Hutson told Hatewatch. 鈥淭hat turned my blood cold and kept me going all night long to shut this guy down.鈥�

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When Hutson reported @PyschicDogTalk2 to Twitter for account violations, Twitter shut down the account, but the user bounced back with the name @PsychicDogTalk3. Using that account name, he fired off another 91 tweets.

Early Sunday, after being awake and worried all night, Hutson said he decided to call the FBI in Portland and in Linn County, Ore., Sheriff鈥檚 Office after developing a profile that led him to belief 鈥減sychicdogtalk鈥� might be in Oregon. Hutson sent the agencies E-mails containing the Twitter threats he had collected.

When Twitter shut down the second account, the user became @PsychicDogTalk3,鈥� boasting about his ability to 鈥渓evel up,鈥� as in a video game.

In one tweet, the poster complained of being homeless and working as a 鈥渨age slave.鈥� His post said: 鈥淓ven animals without money get land to live on, hunt & forage; but Americans without dollars must be homeless? I want to shoot up a school.鈥�

At 2:57 a.m. on Feb. 12, he posted: 鈥淚 bet I could get at least 12 unarmed sitting ducks if I decide to go on a killing spree in a #school. Sounds better than being a wage slave.鈥�

Less than 45 minutes later, he followed that with: 鈥淯SA needs a Hitler to rise to power and fix our #economy and i鈥檓 about ready to give my life to the cause or just shoot a bunch of #k----鈥︹��

And seconds later: 鈥淲hat do you think costs more in most U.S. cities? A gun with enough ammo to kill 100 school kids or the security deposit on an apartment?鈥�

On Feb. 14, the poster opined that 鈥渘o one faults slaves who snapped & violently lashed out at their masters or the society which enslaved them.听Why different for wage slaves?鈥�

鈥淚f I can鈥檛 even afford habitat to live on, why the f--- shouldn鈥檛 I shoot up a #school and #teach the world something about 鈥榤ental health鈥�?鈥� he said in a follow-up tweet.

鈥淭his working and not having a god damn thing to show for it bullshit makes me wanna execute grade #school #kids til the cops take me out too.鈥�

Asked if he believed his actions may have averted a tragedy, Hutson was modest in his reply. 鈥淚 think if you see something, say something. The swift action of law enforcement definitely averted a Sandy Hook-style tragedy.鈥�

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