Fort Worth man accused of threatening a Tarrant County judge on social media
A 31-year-old Fort Worth man was arrested and faces felony charges after he made a social media post that was threatening toward a judge, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said.
Cesar Vizcaya-Raudales posted a threat on social media targeting Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 8 Judge Charles Vanover, the Sheriff’s Office said in the release on Wednesday.
Deputies found Vizcaya-Raudales at a residence in north Fort Worth, where he was taken into custody without incident, the release stated.
Vizcaya-Raudales faces a charge of making a terroristic threat against a peace officer or judge. He also had an active warrant out of North Richland Hills on a charge of harassment, according to the release.
The Sheriff’s Office did not share details about what was said in the social media post.
“Threatening our judges is unacceptable and you will go to jail,” Sheriff Bill Waybourn said in the release. “There is nowhere you can hide that we won’t find you when you make threats towards a public official.”
Vizcaya-Raudales is currently being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a bond of $1.5 million, according to the release.
Court records show that he previously was charged in 2023 with harassing another public official, Randy Davis, by calling Davis’ phone more than 100 times between March and April 2023. Vizcaya-Raudales completed a term of deferred adjudication probation in that case. It’s unclear whether he has a defense attorney to represent him in the current case.