Mehserle's father gets man arrested for threats on Alex Jones site

"F- THE PIGS AND I FIND OUT WHO THE PIG IS THEN I WILL KILL THE PIG WHO KILLED HIM," someone wrote at about 5 p.m. Jan. 5 on the infowars.com Web site.

About 12 minutes later, the same person wrote, "The best pigs are dead f- pigs and if any of you Oakland or BART pigs- f- are reading this your time is coming you pigs- muthaf- sooner than you think and this isn't a threat its a f- promise b-!! Im curious to know what it looks like up close to see pigs- f- get their brains splattered against a wall."

On Jan. 7, after news reports had identified Mehserle by name, the individual made a third threat, this time including the officer's name and home address, FBI Agent Binh Pham wrote in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia.

The online messages were reported to the FBI in San Francisco by Mehserle's father, Todd Mehserle, on Jan. 8. The reported threats were cited by Johannes Mehserle's defense team as the reason why he went into hiding and was moved from place to place. The officer was arrested in Douglas County, Nev. on Jan. 13 on suspicion of murder.

A day after his arrest, about 50 Napa residents were evacuated from the neighborhood where the elder Mehserle lived after suspicious packages were found near his home on Jan. 14.

The officer resigned from the force rather than talk to BART police internal affairs investigators. Last week, Judge C. Don Clay of Alameda County Superior Court ordered Mehserle to stand trial for murder. After listening to seven days of testimony at a preliminary hearing, the judge concluded that Mehserle hadn't gotten his Taser stun gun and his service pistol mixed up when he shot Grant in the back at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland on Jan. 1.

The judge's decision prompted Todd Mehserle, who sat in the gallery, to say, loud enough for reporters to hear, "No justice in Oakland. They want to see what they want to see. This town is a sham."

The FBI identified Weaver through the two IP addresses that were used to post the threats, Pham wrote. Public records show that Weaver has previously lived in San Francisco and has a prior felony conviction in California for selling or furnishing marijuana.

Investigators also concluded that Weaver had posted a message threatening to shoot a Martinsville, Virginia police officer with a 9mm pistol because that officer had been involved in a Taser-related incident that resulted in a 17-year-old boy's death, the affidavit said.

FBI agents served a search warrant at Weaver's home on May 29 and interviewed him. Weaver admitted that he frequented the Infowars Web site and that he was "angry when he made these postings," Pham wrote. "Weaver acknowledged posting these messages, but stated he did not intend to harm anyone."

Weaver was charged June 1 with transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce. At a hearing Monday, U.S. Magistrate Michael Urbanski said there was enough evidence presented at a preliminary hearing to hold Weaver over for trial. Urbanski also ordered Weaver to be held until then, saying there was "clear and convincing evidence that the defendant poses a danger to the community if released on bond."