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AVENTURA, Florida – Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., a south Florida man charged with a series of bombs sent to prominent Democrats, appears to have a busy social media presence, where he frequently posted in right circles and sharing conservative information and condemnations of liberal politicians.
million. Sayoc, 56, appeared to frequently appear in Facebook groups like "The Trump American Party" and "Vote Trump 2020" using an account with the name "Cesar Altieri Randazzo". The account was suspended Friday after Mr. Sayoc was suspended was a suspect in the bombing, shared photos of Mr. Sayoc attending political events and training at the gym.
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, the story shared information about Breitbart, video clips from Fox News, and publications from pages such as "Handcuffs for Hillary." That year, the story contained numerous photos and videos of Mr. Sayoc, a registered Republican, at a rally for the Trump campaign, wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat.
"We found and immediately deleted the suspect's accounts on Facebook and Instagram," said Facebook in a statement. "We will also continue to remove content that praises or supports the attempted bombing or the suspect as soon as we become aware of it."
A Twitter account, which according to federal prosecutors, indicates that Mr. Sayoc had Frequently published attacks on immigrants, firearms. supervisory lawyers and prominent democrats. In a tweet published several weeks ago, the account published a photo of Mr. Sayoc carrying a sign "CNN Sucks".
Another message sent last month included a threat to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., as well as an aerial photo of what appeared to be Mr. Biden's home. On Wednesday, after the federal authorities retrieved a package sent to billionaire George Soros, it included a message criticizing Mr. Soros and former President Barack Obama.
Here is what we know about the suspect. :
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated that Mr. Sayoc had been charged with five federal crimes and liable to 48 years of imprisonment when he was convicted. Learn more about the charges against him and how the authorities used fingerprint evidence to plead their case here.
• Mr. Sayoc has a long criminal history in Florida dating back to 1991, including charges of theft, drugs and fraud. , as well as to be accused of threatening to use a bomb, public records show. In the case of the bombing, Mr. Sayoc was accused of threatening to "blow up" a Florida utility company and a customer service representative that he had called to protest against an invoice. The documents mentioned Mr. Sayoc's occupation as "responsible".
• According to a 2012 bankruptcy petition filed in Miami, Mr. Sayoc was living with his mother. "Lives with my mother," said a handwritten note on the petition. "No furniture."
• The suspect was arrested around 11 am in the parking lot of a Plantation, Florida, West of Fort Lauderdale shopping center. A white van covered with stickers was towed late in the morning. According to a hairdresser working in the mall, it seems that Mr. Sayoc had been living in the van for some time.
• Mr. Sayoc has previously been manager of "traveling magazine shows", according to the wife of one of Mr. Sayoc's business partners
A family member recalls an obsession with bodybuilding
Lenny Altieri, retired chief in Hallandale, Fla., whose cousin, Madeleine Altieri, is Sayoc's mother, said Mr. Sayoc was obsessed with bodybuilding and had at one time been working as stripper in the discotheques of South Florida.
"This lifestyle is glowing," said Mr. Altieri, explaining that the last time he'd seen Mr. Sayoc at a family reunion about six years ago. Mr. Altieri said he was not aware of Mr. Sayoc's political thought at the time.
"It must have happened after Trump came," Altieri said. "Caesar was a cool cat at one point."
Mr. Altieri stated that Mr. Sayoc's grandparents raised him after Mr. Sayoc had problems with his mother. Mr. Sayoc's father was from the Philippines and the mother from Brooklyn, said Mr. Altieri.
Altieri added that Mr. Sayoc had "a lot of money but that he had lost most of it". Mr. Altieri said that Mr. Sayoc "was not the most stable guy in the world".
"At least no one was injured."
"This van was his home."
Manuel Prado, a 56-year-old barber in a salon located in the Shoppes of the Waterway D & D Aventura, said to have seen Mr. Sayoc.For a few years, he lives in his white pickup truck, decorated with stickers, on the parking lot of the mall.
"I've got it right away knew that it was him when I saw the pictures of the van today at the news, "said Mr. Prado, said Friday afternoon while he was preparing to cut a client's hair. "This van was his home. It was really bad when he opened the door and you were gone in. It was horrible. He could leave by car and do it." a race or something else, but every morning this van was in the parking lot. "
Prado, a hairdresser for 17 years, said he also saw Mr. Sayoc at At Fitness, a large gym located just west of the mall. "He would pretend to be exercising – I think he just went over there to take a shower," Prado said. "He sometimes used a bike in the gym. I guess he was a member because they are very strict about it. "
When asked if he had ever spoken to Mr. Sayoc, he replied," He was very antisocial. It was a loner. I greet everyone here and he will never recognize anyone. "
Prado and other employees of the mall said that it was not unusual that people live in their car on the parking lot. About three months ago, he said, another homeless man was found dead in his car
When he was shown a picture of Mr. Sayoc on an information site, Mr. Prado said that he would recognize it anywhere. "He had this weird hair – I'm a hairdresser and I'm looking at people's hair," he said,
At LA Fitness, an employee referred all questions about Mr. Sayoc to representatives of the company. 39; company.
"Human Revue Show"
Rachel Humberger, wife of one of Mr. Sayoc's business partners, said that Mr. Sayoc had been manager of "male shows".
"It was a traveling show, but I do not know what his role was, whether he had booked the concerts or what," Ms. Humberger said.
Humberger described the shows in the style of "Magic Mike," a reference to a 2012 men's stripper film.
More recently, she said that Mr. Sayoc had spoken to her husband of creating a new business: fish farms. .
"Cesar opened a bank account" for the new company, she said. "But that's all he got."
Ms. Humberger also said that she found Mr. Sayoc friendly, based on the short interactions she had with him. "He's always been nice and a nice guy in general," she said.
Humberger stated that she had never spoken to Mr. Sayoc about politics, but that he had been told that he was playing college football.
A Florida resident reported seeing a van similar to the one being towed
The suspect's white van reminded David Cypkin and his girlfriend, who was still living recently in Aventura, Florida, of a pickup truck often parked in the parking lot of a shopping center, the Shoppes at the Waterways. Mr. Cypkin shared with the New York Times photographs showing a van covered with a number of stickers bearing the image of President Trump and at least one anti-CNN sticker.
Cypkin, 39, said he lived near the mall and that he would see the van early in the morning when he was walking his dog.
"That hit me because of the ridiculous conspiracy stickers covering the windows," said Mr. Cypkin, a documentary. producer and film editor. "It was disturbing and it also seemed busy. Sometimes the door was ajar or a window was open, which indicated that someone might be living in the van. "
" I never wanted to approach too close, "he added, even though he at least once saw the owner .He described him as a Older White Man
Cypkin shared a photo of a cell phone that he took from the van early in the morning of December 31. The photo shows a van similar to that seen in a sequence filmed by the forces of the order this morning.He said that he called the FBI after learning of the arrest.
On Friday, his girlfriend saw the van on TV news and sent him a screen shot: "Is it the van of the waterways?"
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