Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, issued a statement about the arrest of alleged Hamas-supporter Edwin Guerro, who has been charged with eight felonies for allegedly threatening Fine’s life and faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
“Muslim Terror is real and it exists in Florida,” Fine said. “I am incredibly grateful to the agents of FDLE who worked around the clock to identify – and then arrest – this terrorist.”
Fine’s office said Guerro faces five first-degree felony charges for making written or electronic threats to kill with evidence of prejudice, one second-degree felony for unlawful use of a communication device with evidence of prejudice, and two third-degree felonies for publications and threats of harassment, both showing evidence of prejudice.
He was allegedly arrested three days after sending these threats from abroad by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Massachusetts State Police, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement while attempting to enter the U.S. Guerro is currently held without bond in Massachusetts pending extradition to Florida.
“As an outspoken and unafraid Jewish Republican legislator, Nazis and Muslim terrorists make dozens, if not hundreds of hateful statements towards me every day,” Fine said. “Most I take as a badge of honor, but this one was different. The threat was specific, it was imminent, and it was made shortly after a Brevard County Judge irresponsibly posted my home address on the internet.”
Fine said “within moments” of contacting the Florida Sergeant-at-Arms and FDLE, he had 24/7 security at his home and he “will be forever grateful for it.”
“Florida is not New York or Washington, where no one ever seems to be held responsible for attacking Jews. Let Guerro’s arrest make one thing clear – in Florida, if you ‘f’ around, you’re going to find out,” Fine said.
Fine, Florida’s only Jewish Republican legislator, has spearheaded one of the most comprehensive antisemitism legislative agendas in the U.S. Over the past seven years, he has introduced groundbreaking legislation, including the first program for security funding for Jewish Day Schools, a zero-tolerance policy against antisemitic BDS initiatives by state and local governments.
He also has revamped Holocaust education requirements for all Florida students, mandated that antisemitism be treated as racism in public schools and universities, and criminalized harassment and targeting of Jews through littering and graffiti.
In his final term as a member of the Florida House, Fine serves as Chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee and has successfully passed over two dozen bills addressing education, environmental protection, and economic development.
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