Colorado Man Arrested in Utah After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Girls at Women's March

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A 27-year-old Colorado man is being held on charges of threats of terrorism after allegedly writing that he wanted to kill “as many girls as I see” in a Facebook post on Saturday, the day of thethird annual Women’s March.

Christopher Cleary was taken into police custody in Provo, Utah, according to records from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Bureau. He’s currently being held there, though he faces extraction to Colorado where he’s wanted for a probation violation in Jefferson County on felony charges of stalking and threatening of women.

“There’s nothing more dangerous than a man ready to die,” his post continued.

“He talked about handcuffing himself to a tree in the middle of nowhere where no one could hear him scream as a means of killing himself,” the officer wrote in the affidavit.

Representatives from the Utah County Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, butThe Washington Postreporteda court date for Cleary’s initial appearance has not been set. It is unclear whether he has an attorney in the case.

The 2019 Women’s March was held in numerous cities across the globe on Saturday, with thousandsacross the country joining together to protestagainst the policies ofPresident Donald Trump.

source: people.com