# Retired NYPD officer arrested after ‘off with his head’ post over Florida mosque expansion

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/retired-nypd-officer-arrested-after-off-with-his-head-post-over-florida-mosque-expansion/
- Published: 2026-11-03T19:29:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T23:45:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-nypd-officer-arrested-off-with-his-head-post-florida-mosque-expansion
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- A retired NYPD sergeant was arrested over a Facebook threat to a Florida commissioner.
- The commissioner had voted to approve a mosque expansion.
- The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.

## Summary

A retired New York police sergeant living in Florida has been arrested over a Facebook comment that authorities say threatened a county commissioner. The case follows Commissioner Brian Scott’s vote to approve a land-use change allowing a local mosque to expand, and highlights the legal consequences of threats directed at elected officials.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says 68-year-old Rodolfo Mienert called Scott a “Republican turncoat” and wrote “off with his head!” Detectives traced the account to Mienert, who confirmed it was his and said he opposed the vote over concerns about traffic and the environment. He faces one felony count of making a written or electronic threat to kill, which carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence in Florida; he remained in jail ahead of a court appearance scheduled for Tuesday.

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