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Jacksonville man arrested for alleged racial slurs, death threats against Jews and African Americans

FBI arrests man at Arlington home on Friday. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man accused of making vile threats to members of the Jewish and African American communities was arrested Friday at his Arlington home.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations searched the home of Nathaniel Holmes on Soaring Flight Way around 10 a.m.

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According to a federal indictment, Holmes faces four counts of threats to kill multiple people and stab one of their children.

The indictment also said the man made racial and antisemitic slurs toward the alleged victims.

Three of the incidents happened between Oct. 9 and Oct. 11. The other remaining incident happened on Oct. 16 when the FBI said Holmes made a threat to “kill Jewish and African-American people.”

The indictment did not include any detail surrounding the circumstances of these incidents.

News4JAX is looking into this arrest and will provide updates to this article as more information becomes available.


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Ariel Schiller joined the News4Jax team as an evening reporter in September of 2023. She comes to Jacksonville from Tallahassee where she worked at ABC27 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter for 10 months.

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