Source: US FBI
DAYTON, OH—FBI agents this morning arrested a Dayton man who is charged with making an interstate communication with a threat to injure.
Scott Michael Hanna, 30, allegedly posted on X on July 31, 2025, saying he was organizing mobs to kill people in Cincinnati. The post further states, he was aiming to kill “30k” by Sunday.
“The FBI aggressively investigates those who threaten our communities with violence,” stated FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola. “Threats like this impact the entire community and have serious consequences.”
According to charging documents, the Cincinnati Police Department reported the post to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The FBI was able to then trace the post to Hanna.
An affidavit details that local law enforcement is familiar with Hanna due to a menacing incident at his residence in September 2024. As part of that incident, Hanna called police and threatened to cut off an individual’s head. Hanna had swung a full-sized sword at a victim’s neck, resulting in serious injury and what appeared to be a partial decapitation. During the encounter with law enforcement, Hanna became extremely irate, yelling and screaming at the local officer and calling him a racial slur.
Hanna is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Dayton at 2:30 p.m. today.
Making interstate communications with a threat to injure is a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
The Dayton Police Department, Oakwood Public Safety Department, and the Miami Township Police Department are also assisting in this investigation.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio is prosecuting this case.
A criminal complaint merely contains allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.