Wisconsin Robbery Suspect Frames Immigrant Detainee with Forged Letters Threatening to Kill Trump
Demetric D. Scott, 52, is facing criminal charges in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after forging letters threatening Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) under the name of an undocumented immigrant. Scott, in sending a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, attempted to frame Ramon Morales Reyes, a Mexican-born dishwasher set to testify against Scott in an armed robbery and aggravated battery case in July 2025.
Before the forgery was revealed, Reyes, 54, was arrested on May 21, 2025, after dropping off his child at school. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced Reyes’s arrest in a statement, saying that he intended to assassinate Trump and “promised to self-deport” after the act. The statement included an image of a letter handwritten in English along with Reyes’s photo. Reyes’s attorneys, however, soon pointed out that their client could not have written the letter as he cannot fluently read or write in English.
In a criminal complaint charging Scott with felony witness intimidation, identity theft, and two counts of bail jumping, detectives claim that they listened to calls he made from jail in which he confessed to the plot. “And the judge will agree ‘cause if he gets picked up by ICE, there won’t be a Jury Trial so they will probably dismiss it that day,” Scott said. Despite these charges, the statement incriminating Reyes, as of this writing, is still online on the DHS website.
Meanwhile, although he is no longer accused of threatening Trump’s life, Reyes has been held in custody since his arrest. On June 10, 2025, an immigration judge ruled that Reyes, who had an arrest record stemming from a 1996 disorderly conduct charge, “is not currently a danger to the community” and that he could be released on a $7,500 bond.
Sources: ABC News, The New York Times, Wisconsin Public Radio