A Dunnellon, Florida, man is facing federal charges after authorities say he placed dozens of threatening and sexually explicit phone calls to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), including threats to kill former President Barack Obama and the civil rights organization’s leadership.
Jeremiah James Schwier, 47, was arrested on August 26, 2026, and charged by criminal complaint with the interstate transmission of a threat to injure, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
Federal court documents state that between April and May 2026, the NAACP received approximately 60 phone calls from numbers later linked to Schwier. Investigators noted the calls featured inflammatory language and sexual content.
The threats escalated on May 20, 2026, when a caller with a voice matching the earlier recordings warned NAACP staff that he would enter their office with an “AK 57, or whatever you call those things.”
By August 2026, the organization logged 14 additional calls of a similar nature. During these calls, the speaker threatened to kill former President Obama along with the NAACP’s president and chief executive officer.
Federal investigators linked the communications to Schwier after obtaining his cellphone records. The data confirmed that Schwier’s phone placed calls directly to the specific NAACP line where the threats were logged, with call timestamps aligning closely with the reported incidents.
Schwier remains detained while awaiting legal proceedings. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
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