By Rick Walker & Maverick News Contributors:
A man has been taken into custody after allegedly decapitating his father and posting a video about the killing online, according to authorities and reports.
The man, identified in reports as 32-year-old Justin Mohn, was arrested at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.
Middletown Township Police were called to a home on Upper Orchard Drive at about 7 p.m. by the wife of the victim, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Officers found a man, whose name and age were not released, dead in a bathroom in the home.
Mohn was taken into custody after police found his deceased father in a home in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The district attorney's office said the victim's adult son was not there when police arrived and had left the area in his father's vehicle.
He was arrested about two hours away near Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County.
The statement from the district attorney's office said there was no threat to the public.
"This is an active and ongoing investigation and more information will be released as it becomes available," the office added.
Sources familiar with the investigation told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the victim was Mohn's father, Michael, and that his head had been removed.
Mohn posted a graphic video on YouTube displaying a severed head that he said belonged to his father. In The video—which has since been taken down—he said his father was a longtime federal employee and "is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to this county,".
Mohn also ranted about President Joe Biden, federal officials, what he called "far-left woke mobs," supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement and members of the LGBTQ+ community, the outlet reported. He also called on people to attack federal workers, federal law enforcement and journalists.
Mohn graduated from Penn State University with a degree in business management in 2014, according to court filings.
Justin Mohn had a youtube channel with posts showing him playing in a band. He had released at least two "albums" and said he wanted a music career. He also published a handful of books and had written political articles and "manifestos" rejecting far left politics.
In the years since, he has sued the federal government multiple times for allowing him to take out student loans that he had to repay. His complaints were repeatedly dismissed.
Court filings from 2023 show that he was seeking more than $10 million, arguing that his loan allowed him to get a college education but that he could not "find a satisfactory job as an overeducated white man to repay the loan."
Justin Mohn (far right) next to his father, Michael Mohn, and mother, Denice Mohn.
The filings say that after graduating, Mohn argued that he struggled to find a full-time job. He also alleged that his education and poor financial situation made him the target of "affirmative action and reverse discrimination."
He moved to Colorado to take a full-time job at a credit union and then moved to an insurance company that paid him a higher hourly wage.
In 2019, Mohn sued Progressive Insurance after not advancing within the company, saying he was not selected for positions because he was a man.
Court filings in that case said he was placed on paid leave after allegedly kicking open a door on August 5, 2017. He was terminated later that month for violating the company's code of conduct.
A backgrounder and analysis will be provided on Maverick News tonight with Rick Walker: January 31st 2024.