Dentist ‘bragged about enjoying violence’ in chilling messages and ‘made threats in Trump chat’

A dentist was recently indicted for sending death threats and harmful messages to people who disagreed with him about Donald Trump.

Richard Glenn Kantwill was charged with three counts of interstate transmission of threat of injury and now faces 15 years in prison after allegedly sending 100 death threats to more than 40 victims between August 2019 and July 2020.

The political messages were sent via email, social media and text messages, and their severity led one victim to spend thousands of dollars on security cameras.

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The 60-year-old was arrested on June 18 following threats made against politicians, celebrities, authors and numerous other officials, court documents reveal.

A victim who spent $4,500 on security cameras told the court Richard called him an “anti-Christian bastard” then added “torture first, then death.”

Richard told a victim he disagreed with about Donald Trump: “****** you and yours. Hire extra security (…) you’ll need it. I intend to ******* you (…) just for fun,” then further called him “a degenerate piece of shit.”

On top of that, he told another victim that he “can’t wait to shoot your ghetto assholes in the street.”

Richard tested positive for marijuana in a pretrial test and also suffers from PTSD, depression and alcoholism, court documents confirm. The federal agent warned Richard to stop sending messages in 2019 following a complaint from one of the victims, but the dentist continued his threatening antics.

Prosecutors argued in a preliminary detention motion: “Despite the FBI’s warning, Kantwill spent the next ten months sending threats to more than 40 victims via social media and email. They added that he “repeatedly sent threatening messages to people around the world.” the country which did not maintain the same beliefs as him.

“The numerous messages Kantwill sent to various people threatening injury or death, his disregard for law and order expressed in many of his messages, his boasting of his firearm collection which he will not return never, his expressed desire to purchase illegal firearms and his continued commitment “The pattern of making threats shows that Kantwill poses a danger to the community if released,” prosecutors said.

However, when FBI agents requested to meet with him again in July 2021 regarding victims’ ongoing messages and complaints, he refused to speak with them. Richard claimed he was not doing anything illegal and insisted his actions were justified.

“He blamed the government, minorities and other entities for being the reason he spoke out,” prosecutors said in the courtroom. Richard was assigned a public defender, Samuel Landes, who argued for his pretrial release, saying prosecutors had “no evidence” to support claims that Richard posed a “danger” to the victims.

“The government has presented no evidence that Dr. Kantwill poses a danger to anyone,” court documents state. “Although the government has claimed that Dr. Kantwill made threats online, it has not provided any evidence to suggest that it would ever follow through on those threats.”

Against the advice of his attorney, Richard told the court that his statements were “empty threats,” according to his public defender. The 60-year-old, who received an other-than-honorable discharge from the military, has no criminal history.

Despite this, Judge Thomas Wilson rejected requests for release. “I’m not going to have someone killed on my watch. I’m not changing my position. He will be detained,” the judge said.