ABC NEWS — An upstate New York man who police say appeared to be fixated on Barbara Bush has been charged with threatening her father, former President George W. Bush, after he was found in Manhattan, heavily armed in his car, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Benjamin Smith allegedly yelled “Bush will get his,” after he was arrested Friday in midtown Manhattan, where he was found in his car with a rifle, machete, gasoline and two boxes of ammonization, according to the complaint.
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Law enforcement officials were alerted by Smith’s mother on Thursday after she found what she said was a disturbing note at their shared home in Pittsburgh, N.Y.
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