CHASKA, Minn. – Police arrested a political lobbyist for an e-mail text that threatened “to blow someone’s fucking face off” at the state Capitol. Jonathan Bohn, 41, was taken into custody at his home in suburban Chaska. He was booked at the Carver County jail in Chaska. The threat was reported to authorities by state Representative Jim Nash of Waconia. Nash, who said he was alerted to the message by the recipient — a constituent. The criminal complaint quoted from the message: “After January 6 I bought a pistol. Today I bought 500 bullets. I can’t wait to shoot one of you fuckers in the face.” According to the complaint. Bohn also said he was “excited to have his gun at the Capitol and blow someone’s fucking face off.” Bohn is a registered lobbyist for the Inter-Faculty Organization, a union representing professors at Minnesota State colleges including Winona State.
Bohn. Well known in Legislature for 20 years as a lobbyist and advocate for higher education.