RIPLEY – A Ripley woman was arrested Sunday night and is being charged with one count of terrorist threats, a post on the Jackson County Sheriff’s Facebook said.

The post said following a detailed investigation by deputies and the Jackson County Bureau of Investigations, Morgan L. Morrow, 39, was detained, arrested and transported to South Central Regional Jail on Sunday night following a social media recruitment of individuals to pursue and assassinate President Donald Trump.

A copy of the criminal complaint says on the evening of Jan. 25 the sheriff’s office was made aware of threats of violence directed toward an unknown individual believed to be a public official. The complaint said these threats originated from a publicly accessible TikTok account belonging to Morrow. It said one post stated, “Surely a sniper with terminal illness can’t be a big ask out of 342 million.”

The complaints said based on the context and wording of the post it was interpreted the threats were advocating and encouraging the assasination of the president of the United States.

The complaint said members of the Jackson County Bureau of Investigations, along with officers from the Ravenswood Police Department, responded to Morrow’s residence where she was transported to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office for further investigation.

Morrow was read her Miranda rights and acknowledged and waived them, the complaint said. It said during the interview Morrow admitted she authored the post and further admitted the threat was directed at Trump.

“Some of the posts were pretty graphic,” Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger said on Monday. “She was rather proud of her work.”

The complaint said Morrow stated she did not intend or plan to personally carry out the threat but that her statement nonetheless constituted a communicated threat of a terrorist act, made publicly through social media, and (is) reasonably capable of causing fear, alarm or disruption.

The complaint said Morrow did unlawfully and knowingly violate West Virginia code 61-6-24(b) by making and communicating a terroristic threat.

Mellinger said the FBI and Secret Service were notified of Morrow’s arrest and that he was in contact with both agencies Monday morning. He said the case is being handled like any other criminal complaint and that Morrow was due to be arraigned in Jackson County Magistrate County on Monday. Court records indicate Magistrate Laura Pursley presided over the arrangement and a property/surety bond was set at $75,000. Records indicate bond was not paid and Morrow was committed to South Central Regional Jail. Court records did not indicate when Morrow would next appear in court.

The Jackson County Public Library, where Morrow worked as a librarian, released a statement on their Facebook page Sunday night saying, “The comments recently made by an employee do not reflect the mission, values, or standards of conduct of our organization. We take our responsibilities to the public and our supporters seriously and are committed to professionalism, respect, and integrity in all that we do. The views expressed are made in an individual capacity and do not represent the position of the organization. We are addressing the matter internally in accordance with our established policies and procedures. We remain committed to our mission and serving our community in a manner that upholds our core values.”

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in its Facebook post the arrest was not meant to be a political oriented statement. It said this is an active criminal investigation with documented and troubling concerns.

“We all have our opinions,” Mellinger said Monday. “That doesn’t mean you can make threats on someone’s life.”

Douglass Huxley can be reached at dhuxley@newsandsentinel.com