According to a press release from the MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Marion E. Rush Jr., age 50 and homeless, formerly of Texas. The arrest occurred on 01/04/18 at 4:04 p.m. at the PADS shelter, 2017 Broadway, in Mattoon.
Rush was wanted on a U.S. Marshal’s Service warrant of arrest out of Lubbock, Texas for violation of his terms of supervised release. Rush was originally sentenced to a term of thirty-seven (37) months incarceration in Federal prison for Threatening the President of the United States and Aiding and Abetting.
Mr. Rush was taken to the Coles County Safety and Detention Center and held without bond, pending his release to the Marshal’s service and return to Lubbock, Texas.