Via HCPD HAINES CITY, Fla. - Investigators in Polk County say a former police officer from Ohio, upset by allegations of voter fraud, wrote about building homemade guns and heading to Washington to carry out violence.Haines City police shared screenshots of comments allegedly made on Facebook by Shannon Badgett.
In the posts, the 53-year-old said he was making "WWII-era submachine guns.""Why do I need ‘permission’ if I live in a country where I am supposedly allowed to do as I choose?" he allegedly wrote.