PHOENIX - A federal grand jury has indicted a Tolleson man on four counts, including making threats against President-elect Donald Trump and his family.

Manuel Tamayo-Torres faces allegations of false statement during the purchase of a firearm, one count of threats against the president and successors to the presidency, one count of interstate threatening communications and one count of possession of a firearm by a person subject to an order of protection, according to a release Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Tamayo-Torres was convicted in 2003 in California for assault with great bodily injury, according to the complaint.

In July 2023, an Arizona court in Arizona issued an order of protection against him, in effect for two years, which restrains him from harassing, stalking or threatening his ex-wife.  Both the conviction and the order of protection prohibited his possession of firearms.

“Despite this, in November 2023, Tamayo-Torres attempted to purchase firearms on two separate occasions, falsely stating he had not been convicted of a felony and was not subject to an order of protection,” the release stated.

The complaint also alleges that in November 2024 Tamayo-Torres made postings on a social media platform threating to harm Trump, “including that he was going to kill the president-elect and do violence to his family.

In at least one of his posts, Tamayo-Torres displayed a firearm in the context of making threatening statements. That firearm, as well as others, were later located in his home,” the release stated.

Tamayo-Torres was previously arrested on the complaint in San Diego on Nov. 25, and he remains detained pending a detention hearing in Arizona.

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