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Turner Criminal Complaint
Turner Criminal Complaint
FILED
J J. JR.,
CLERK
AO 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint
1/29/21
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case, state the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
On or about the date of December 28, 2020 in the county of Jefferson in the Western District of Kentucky,
the defendant violated:
SA
January 29, 2021
Date: ------- Joshua Powers, Special Agent FBI
Printed name and title
City and State: Louisville, Kentucky Colin H. Lindsay, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Printed Name and Title
APGIJDJ (A USA initials)
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I, JoshuaPowers, Special Agent, (hereinafter “Affiant”), having been duly sworn, hereby
1. Affiant is an investigative or law enforcement officer within the meaning of Federal Rule
of Criminal Procedure 41 (a)(2)(C), that is, a government agent engaged in enforcing the
criminal laws and duly authorized by the Attorney General to make arrests.
2. 1 am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (hereinafter “FBI”), and
have been since July 2020. Your Affiant is currently assignedto the Joint Terrorism Task
Forceat the FBI’s Louisville Field Office. Affiant graduatedfrom the FBI Academyin
Quantico, Virginia as a Special Agent. Affiant has received training in interviewing and
interrogation techniques, arrest procedures, search and seizure, search warrant application,
and various other investigative techniques.Prior to becoming a Special Agent with the FBI,
your affiant was employedwith the West Virginia StatePolice as a sworn law enforcement
officer for approximately nine years where I enforced criminal laws and participated in several
complex investigations. I hold a Bachelor’s degreein Criminal Justice from West Virginia
State University.
3. The facts in this affidavit come from my personal observations, my training and experience,
submitted in support of application for a criminal complaint and arrest warrant, it does not
include every fact known concerning this investigation. It does, however, set forth a
statement of fact and circumstances sufficient to establish probable cause for the issuance
of an arrest warrant.
4. Basedon my training and experienceand the facts as set forth in this affidavit, there is
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probable cause to believe that violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c)
5. Title 18, United StatesCode, Section 875(c) prohibits transmission “in interstate or foreign
commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to
injure the person of another,shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
BACKGROUND
TURNER, were present and participated in a caravan protest in the area of St. Matthews,
(SMPD) conducted a brief prior to responding to the caravan and began to shadow the
vehicles involved. Protester caravansoften involve protesters using vehicles and getting
out on foot to illegally block roads, harassing vehicles not involved in the protests, and
uprising or impending civil war. The term is sometimes used by militia extremists and
shirts. The term has particularly resonatedwith militia extremists, who have adopted it
used the term to reference an impending race war–or other conflict–that will lead to
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the collapse of the “system,” including the United States government, society, etc. The
Boogaloo is not a single cohesive group but rather a loose concept arising from Internet
PROBABLE CAUSE
TURNER, were present and participated in a caravan protest in the area of St. Matthews,
(SMPD) conducted a brief prior to responding to the caravan and began to shadow the
traffic stop on the caravan'stwo lead vehicles. was speaking with the
drivers of those vehicles and heard a SMPD officer giving loud verbal commands to
TURNER to not crossthe road towards SMPD officers. TURNER was observedin the
200 block of North Hubbards Lane, St. Matthews, Kentucky, wielding an AR-pistol with
an additional handgun holstered on his person. TURNER was observed placing the
safetyof the AR-pistol into the fire position thenplacing his right index finger inside the
trigger guard and onto the trigger. TURNER ignored loud verbal commandsto remove
his hand from this position, putting officers on scenein fear of imminent physical
danger and injury. TURNER finally complied. While officers attempted to place
under official authority. TURNER was arrested by SMPD for menacing (misdemeanor)
1The complaint has been redacted to remove the identity of the victim to be filed. An unredacted copy was shown
to the court
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and resisting arrest (misdemeanor). Officer May was the arresting officer and =
9. TURNER used a Twitter profile with a display name of "Profane812" and a user name
of@ProfaneRedacted
(Twitter ID 467224398).This profile was createdin January
2012. The Twitter account’s Bio section suggests "Profane8 12” is a member of UPG and
is locatedin or aroundLouisville,Kentucky.
10. Affiant has knowledge of TURNER and believes the photos posted to the account to be
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11. The above Twitter post shows , SMPD, with red crosshairs drawn on his
head, along with smoke, skull, and flame emojis with what appearsto be an anarchy
post has since been deleted and TURNER’s Twitter account has been suspended.
Department Facebook page following his arrest. The Twitter and Facebook profile
picture are the samepicture of TURNER. TURNER also had his Twitter account linked
from his Facebook page prior to the Twitter account being shutdown. The display name
for TURNER’s Facebook page is “Addam Jusstin.” Database and records check show
true name for TURNER to be “Addam Jusstin Turner” which is a unique way to spell
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Fuck you all and fuck your Christmas.
Hope your New Years is fucked too. Your
authoritariandomesticterrorismis a
threat to our constitutional rights. Learn
rules of engagement because you're
terrible at them and that is dangerous to
public safety! You’rewilling to put the
safety of the public in danger to flex your
qualified immunity all the while
antagonising the protesters and security
of the civil rights movementto the point
where there was no deescalation tactics
that would calm you down. You’re nothing
but a racist,over militarised,wealthy,
unconstitutionalgang of domestic
terrorists here to protect property and the
system over people. If you’re one of the
"good cops" who notices this corruption
and chooses to stay on the '’force" you’re
just as guilty as the rest. Quit your job,
you’re on the wrong side of history. Enjoy
the rest of the year! := ====:J ./ /- /s
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2021, he was notified by SMPD Officer Larry Cushman that TURNER had posted
something about him on TURNER’s Twitter account (the Twitter post from TURNER
after watching the UPG group behavior, including actions taken by the group on
December 25, 2020, his first responseto the tweet was to "take it seriously." Because of
the threat, SMPD adopteda partner system which requires its officers to operate in pairs
hastaken this threat communicated by TURNER via Twitter very seriously, is much
14. 1 know that Twitter, 1355 Market St., Suite 900, San Francisco, California, is a
microblogging and social networking service. Twitter operates globally via the Internet,
injure the person of another in interstate commerce, The photograph TURNER posted of
with red crosshairs drawn on his head, along with smoke, skull, and
flame emojis in the text portion of the post, demonstrates intent and is a feasible threat to
15. Based on the above facts and circumstances as well as this Affiant’s training and
experience, Affiant states that there is probable cause to believe that ADDAM
TURNER has committed violations of Title 18, USC Section 875(c), Interstate
threateningcommunications.
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