Megan Lorraine Utz

Charged, not convicted. Utz, 36, has been charged in a two-count federal indictment with threats against the President of the United States and interstate transmission of a threatening communication. An indictment is merely an allegation, and she is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Introduction

Megan Lorraine Utz, 36, of Courtland, Alabama, has been charged in a two-count federal indictment with threats against the President of the United States and interstate transmission of threatening communication, over an October 5, 2026 Facebook post about President Trump’s attendance at the Alabama-Georgia football game in Tuscaloosa . The post, per the indictment and complaint, stated: “I’ll put a bullet through him if he dares” . The next day, October 6, FBI agents, Secret Service agents, and the Florence Police Department located Utz in Florence, Alabama, where the Florence Police Department arrested her — not on the federal case, but pursuant to an active misdemeanor warrant for harassing communications issued by the Guin Police Department .

Background Information

The conduct charged in the indictment is a single Facebook post made October 5, 2026, referencing President Trump’s planned attendance at the October 10 game between Alabama and Georgia in Tuscaloosa . The indictment followed a federal complaint in which Utz was arrested for the same conduct — the procedural ladder the release describes explicitly, from sworn complaint to grand-jury indictment on the formal felony charges . The physical arrest itself executed a different agency’s paperwork: a misdemeanor warrant from the Guin Police Department for harassing communications, a charge unrelated to the federal threats case .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. said: “Threats of violence are taken seriously, and we are committed to protecting the safety of our nation’s leaders,” adding: “In an era in which our current President has faced multiple attempts on his life we will act swiftly to address threats such as those listed in this complaint” . FBI Birmingham’s Special Agent in Charge David R. Fitzgibbons said: “People have every right to express their views, but when that expression turns into a threat against the President of the United States, it becomes a priority matter” . Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Glaze said: “The U.S. Secret Service works closely with our law enforcement partners to investigate threats and help ensure the safety of those we protect” .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The FBI and the U.S. Secret Service investigated the case along with the Florence Police Department and the Guin Police Department, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys John M. Hundscheid and Gregory R. Dimler are prosecuting . The charging release states that a complaint and an indictment are merely allegations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law . The case was announced October 22, 2026 — sixteen days after the post and the arrest — when the indictment charging the two federal counts was made public .

Current Status

Utz, 36, faces two federal felony counts — threats against the President and interstate transmission of a threatening communication — in an indictment that remains an allegation; the release does not describe an initial appearance, arraignment date, or detention status . The underlying misdemeanor harassing-communications warrant from Guin that produced her October 6 arrest remains a separate matter .

Impact on Their Career/Life

Utz’s case shows how far a single Facebook sentence can travel: one post about a football game attendance turned into a federal complaint, a multi-agency locate-and-arrest the next day, and a two-count grand-jury indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney personally. At 36, she faces federal felony charges whose evidence is her own post, quoted verbatim in the charging papers, and whose investigation drew in the FBI, the Secret Service, and two municipal police departments. The verdict on the federal counts is not in; what is in the record is the government’s position, stated in the announcement, that a bullet reference about a President’s public appearance is a priority matter rather than protected speech.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama, “Lauderdale County Woman Charged with Making Threats Against the President of the United States,” October 22, 2026 — source