KCSO arrests self-identified “Terrorist”

The Kerr County Sheriff Office Special Operations Division, along with Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation worked together for the past seven days to intercept and foil a plan for an attack on the public at large.

Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, was arrested by the KCSO Special Operations Division in the 1000 block of Junction Highway on Friday, May 28, on a warrant for a Terroristic Threat to Create Public Fear of Serious Bodily Injury. Supporting the arrest were the DPS-CID, FBI, Kerrville PD Patrol Division and the US Secret Service.

Through the period of investigation, KCSO investigators made contact and conversed with Blevins. According to a KCSO press release, a message was intercepted which indicated that Blevins was preparing to proceed with a mass shooting which included an area Walmart.

After the arrest, a search warrant for Blevins’ residence in the 200 block of Spence Street resulted in the findings of firearms, ammunition, electronic evidence, concentrated THC, and radical ideology paraphernalia including books, flags and handwritten documents. Blevins is currently on active felony probation and is prohibited from possessing firearms.

“This case reminds us that we need to always be vigilant. Many think ‘that can’t happen here’, and it was well on the way to happening. The plot interrupted in this case is unthinkable,” said Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha. The FBI or other federal authorities may seek federal charges in this case. As with all criminal cases, charges may be added or modified prior to trial and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Blevins is currently booked into the Kerr County Jail on a $250,000 bond.