May 18, 2023

Kan. felon accused of making threats against the President

Posted May 18, 2023 1:00 AM
McCormick has previous convictions for criminal threat and aggravated battery. He is being held in Sedgwick County.
McCormick has previous convictions for criminal threat and aggravated battery. He is being held in Sedgwick County.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — The United States Attorney's office announced Wednesday an indictment of 27-year-old Cody McCormick, 27, of Wichita,  on three counts of making a threat against the President of the United States.

According to online jail records, McCormick was booked in the Sedgwick County Jail on April 27 on a hold for federal authorities. On May 1, the jail reported he was being held for U.S. Marshals.

Despite a request, authorities from the United State's Attorney's office  released no additional details. McCormick has previous convictions for criminal threat and aggravated battery, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He was in and out of prison and county jails from 2016-2020 and listed briefly as an absconder in 2019.

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the case.