According to court filings, Nicholas John Roske, 26, goes by "Sophie" on Reddit, and is identified as "MtF," or male-to-female. In posts he made under the username "AmericanNick," Roske presented himself with the feminine name and talked about gaming, watching television, and desiring a female partner to cuddle with.
When he saw the marshals, who were standing next to their parked vehicle in the tony Washington, DC, suburb, he walked down the block and called 911 and told an operator he was having “suicidal thoughts,” had a firearm on him and wanted to kill Kavanaugh.
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Cops from the Montgomery Police Department were dispatched to the area. When they got there, Roske was still on the phone with the emergency operator, according to court records.
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He was taken into custody. When investigators searched his suitcase and backpack, they discovered a small arsenal, including a tactical police vest, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a Glock 17 pistol and two magazines and ammunition.
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Discord messages between Roske and a different unidentified person were further revealed in the affidavit, uncovering his original intention to shoot three justices to "change the votes for decades to come."
They further discovered a host of burglary tools, including a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, a crowbar, a pistol light, duct tape and a pair of hiking boots with padding on the outside of the soles, among other items, prosecutors announced.
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Roske, who has pleaded "not guilty" to trying to murder or kidnap a U.S. judge, failed to physically harm anyone as when he arrived by cab at Kavanaugh's Chevy Chase house at 1:05 am, he called 911 on himself, telling the operator he was having "suicidal thoughts," and wanted to kill the justice, upon seeing deputy U.S. Marshals stationed outside of his residence. The Montgomery County Police Department arrived on the scene and took Roske into custody before he could carry out the crime, the New York Post reported.
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According to prosecutors, when investigators searched Roske's suitcase and a backpack that he was carrying, they discovered a tactical police vest, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a Glock 17 pistol, and two magazines and ammunition. They further discovered an array of burglary tools, including a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, a crowbar, a pistol light, duct tape, and a pair of hiking boots with padding on the outside of the soles, among other items.
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