Nicholas Roske, man arrested in Brett Kavanaugh threat, a ‘good kid’: grandfather

The grandfather of the armed man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh has come to his protection — insisting the fees in opposition to him are “extraordinarily” out of character.

“He’s an excellent child,” Dan Shannon advised CBS Los Angeles of his 26-year-old grandson, Nicholas John Roske.

Roske, of Simi Valley, California, was charged with the tried homicide of a Supreme Court docket justice after he was busted close to Kavanaugh’s Maryland dwelling early Wednesday, armed with a Glock 17 pistol and knife.

He additionally had ammunition, zip ties, pepper spray, duct tape and different objects that he advised police he’d deliberate to make use of to interrupt into Kavanaugh’s dwelling and kill him, based on a prison grievance.

FBI brokers raided Roske’s California dwelling after acquiring a search warrant Wednesday night time.

“They had been all the time good individuals so it’s a shock greater than something,” neighbor Zach Quadri advised CBS of the suspect’s household.

One other neighbor, Michael Holbrook, advised the VC Star that the household stored to themselves and had by no means induced issues.

“They’re nice neighbors,” he mentioned. “I’m very dumbfounded.”

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A girl who advised The Submit she was “greatest associates” with Roske’s mother, however fell out of contact years in the past, mentioned she was “shocked” to be taught of Roske’s alleged homicide plot.

“They’re so quiet, they’re simply very nice individuals, they’re like all people else,” mentioned Mary, who declined to provide her final named.

“They had been by no means like gun individuals or something like that, they didn’t have any instances or something, they simply went to their jobs and lived their lives, raised their youngsters, did what all people else does.”

She added, “I simply comprehend it have to be tearing them aside.”

Mary mentioned she final noticed the household at Disneyland about six years in the past, which can be when she met Roske for the primary time. She recalled Roske showing to be “very regular.”

Roske had no prior run-ins with cops in his hometown — apart from a minor site visitors infraction in 2015, Simi Valley Police Division Cmdr. Ritchie Lew mentioned.

A spokesperson for Simi Valley Unified College District confirmed to native media that Roske had graduated from Simi Valley Excessive College in 2014 and had been on the cross-country workforce for 2 years.

He labored at Valley Guard Pest Management in Simi Valley final 12 months, however is not employed there, based on the corporate. It wasn’t instantly clear when he left or underneath what circumstances.

Protestors and drummers marched outdoors of Kavanaugh’s home after an alleged assassination try
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Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, apprehended Roske close to Kavanaugh’s dwelling after he known as 911 and advised the operator that he was having “suicidal ideas” and had a firearm in his suitcase.

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Roske mentioned he was indignant over the leaked Supreme Court docket draft opinion anticipated to overturn Roe v. Wade and the varsity capturing in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 college students and two academics useless, based on court docket paperwork.

He additionally believed Kavanaugh would loosen gun management legal guidelines and hatched the plot to kill the justice after discovering his tackle on-line in an ill-fated bid to “give his life a function,” Roske allegedly advised cops.

He made his preliminary look in a federal court docket in Maryland on Wednesday, the place he paused a number of instances whereas responding to routine inquiries from US Justice of the Peace Decide Timothy Sullivan.

 A person was arrested close to Justice Kavanaugh’s dwelling in Maryland for allegedly threatening violence in direction of the justice. (AP Picture/Susan Walsh, File)
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Requested if he understood what was occurring and whether or not he was considering clearly, Roske paused, then mentioned, “I feel I’ve an affordable understanding, however I wouldn’t say I’m considering clearly.”

Roske added that he’s taking medicine, however didn’t elaborate on what it’s or why he’s on it.