Feds charge former Marine with Obama threats

RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors have charged a former Marine based at Camp Lejeune with threatening President Barack Obama before he took office.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Raleigh said Thursday a federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Kody Brittingham, 20. He is charged with making threats against the president-elect.

The indictment was handed up Wednesday.

Brittingham was administratively separated from the Marine Corps on Jan. 3, following a December arrest on state charges he attempted armed robbery of a Jacksonville hotel. He remains jailed in Onslow County.

The Marine Corps says Brittingham was a lance corporal who joined the Marine Corps in July 2007. He never deployed with the Marines.

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Lejeune Marines Linked to Hotel Robberies

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Four Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., arrested Tuesday for allegedly breaking into several vehicles, face multiple charges after local authorities linked them to two armed robberies at Jacksonville hotels.