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San Luis Obispo man makes bomb threat, arrested for hate crime

October 24, 2025

Elijah King

By KAREN VELIE

A San Luis Obispo man who threatened to bomb every synagogue in a 20-mile radius is in jail, charged with a hate crime. SLO police officers arrested 36-year-old Elijah King on Friday.

In late August, King made an antisemitic post on X.

“I’m going to blow up every synagogue in a 20-mile radius,” King posted. This is a real threat, call the police and report me for terrorism.”

X reported the post and removed it from its social media platform. Western States Information Network, a law enforcement entity that provides criminal intelligence information to law enforcement agencies, then contacted the SLO Police Department.

In coordination with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, SLO police detectives conducted an extensive investigation.

On Oct. 22, the SLO District Attorney’s Office filed formal charges against King, including charges of felony false bomb threat with a felony hate crime enhancement. He remains in jail with his bail set a $50,000.

Investigators are asking anyone with information related to this investigation to contact detective Marques at (805) 594-8060.

“The San Luis Obispo Police Department would like to thank the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and members of the local Jewish community for their cooperation and assistance throughout this investigation,” police said.

 


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Elijah has been homeless for a while, and clearly had no ability to accomplish this. He was hired briefly at a place I worked, before being let go. The authorities obviously did not take the “threat” seriously, as they waited nearly two months to arrest him. This was obviously an act of desperation to get off the streets. It’s sad.


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Funny, he doesn’t look like a Antifa-Trans. Just another angry young white Incel. He must be mis-guided or suffered from personal anguish.

Please put him in jail after a fair trial by his peers.


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He looks like atownrebel.


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No, I sincerely doubt that. My point is missed if we get personal. I don’t usually agree with A-town, but I know he is not an incel.

We tend to make excuses for those who resemble us, and cast stones against those who do not.

Too often behavior is excused because of our bias. We all have them. We need to recognize them in ourselves, not look outward. A-town did not jump into this fray, best to leave him out until he freely joins.


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Even I am going to downvote that comment slodown2. Not cool.


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I’ll upvote it, because the person he is mocking is a bad person.


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He’s homeless and suffers from mental illness. This was a desperate attempt to get off the streets.


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Gee, how shocking; another white male filled with hate and an urge for violence… Bet the comment crowd wants to elect him into leadership immediately!


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Jail worthy? No one would disagree.


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What? Looks like nobody agrees with you. Where are all the haters?


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In this case I agree NO Kings, Elijah King.


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You’re saying you do want a king? How pathetic.


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