Following a Wednesday morning raid by federal authorities in Caldwell County, and a subsequent Wednesday afternoon arrest on Rockcastle Road in Trigg County — 36-year-old Thomas Rutter Woollacott, of Princeton, is now lodged in McCracken County Jail with a charge of threatening to assault, or murder, a United States Official.
On March 25 and April 15, the United States Capitol Police Threat Assessment Section was notified by the office of a U.S. official receiving two “concerning voicemails” from what was later determined to be Woollacott.
According to the indictment:
The first voicemail was laced with profane expletives, and stated: “You’re dead…you worthless, traitorous piece of s-t. Vest the f- up. You have f-d us.” And later: “Vest the f-k up. The second amendment’s all we got. Yeah, you’re all done. You’re done. You’re all the f-ing same. You’re all enemies of the state at this point.”
The second voicemail was also laced with profane expletives, and stated: “You will be hunted and found and removed from the face of this f-ing earth. May God have mercy, because we the people will not.”
On June 14, July 5 and October 2, of last year, USCP TAS was notified of a 7864 number also registered to Woollacott, in which he shared similar messaging with different U.S. officials, at one point stating: “You’re all marked men.”
According to the Kentucky Department of Labor, during the time period between March and April of this year, Woollacott had been employed by a building and remodeling business in Cadiz — where he was arrested, and then later transported to Paducah by the Cadiz Police Department.
Timecards actually verified that Woollacott was at work March 22 and March 25, as well as April 12, and federal officials believe there is probable cause that he was located in the western District of Kentucky when he sent these most recent voicemails.
On April 29, Capitol Police attempted to do a telephone interview with Woollacott in order to confirm his voicemails, and after two tries, the agent was unable to do so because of profanity-filled rhetoric.
A welfare check was ordered, and it was conducted by two deputies from the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department — where it was documented that Woollacott was “tired of the government taking his money and funding other countries and being ‘taxed to death,’” and that Woollacott confirmed ownership of firearms located in his house and vehicle.
During the investigation, multiple witnesses stated to the FBI that Woollacott held “significant anti-government beliefs,” and expressed approval of violence against government officials and law enforcement.
Caldwell County Sheriff Don Weedman confirmed to the News Edge that his agency was responsible for traffic control during the raid of Woollacott’s Princeton home on KY 293.
Several unmarked vehicles were surveying in Trigg County Wednesday afternoon, while Christian County law enforcement confirmed that FBI and U.S. Marshals spent time in their Hopkinsville field office, and needed considerable workspace.
Woollacott made his initial court appearance Wednesday in Paducah, and his attorney of record was entered as Angela Rea, of Louisville.
