West Palm Beach man charged with voter intimidation after threats at polling places

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Authorities now say Nicholas Farley of West Palm Beach is the voice of these anti-Semitic comments that our crews recorded last week at the Acreage Branch Library polling place.

“I’m very happy that he has now been arrested,” said campaign worker Lilly Loudon, who appeared to be targeted by the comments.

Farley is now in jail, charged with voter intimidation and corruptly influencing the vote, with both charges involving hate crimes.

In last week’s incident, Loudon says after Farley’s alleged anti-Semitic comments, he sped toward her in the parking lot with his van.

“He swerved, I think, to scare me,” Loudon said. “And he came pretty close.”

We’ve learned that West Palm Beach police charged Farley with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in July after an African-American man said Farley “…said some kind of racial slur.” As Farley approached him, he saw, “…what Farley was holding in his hand and pointing at him was a gun.”

Those charges were dropped. The alleged victim tells me over the phone that this was because authorities did not have evidence that Farley actually pointed the gun at him.

Last week, WPTV reporter Kayla McDermott played the audio of the anti-Semitic rants Farley allegedly made against State’s Attorney Dave Aronberg.

“It’s despicable and disgusting,” Aronberg responded about the audio.

After Farley’s arrest, Aronberg emailed me this statement:

As of Monday evening, Farley remained in jail.

A judge set his bond at $200,000 at his first court appearance.