Local man's arrest linked to alleged MySpace threat

A Porterville man with ties to the skinhead movement is suspected of threatening a coastal California man through use of a MySpace account.

Rob Bryn, public information officer with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, said today that the case against Jeffrey David Lodor, 27, is based on an alleged criminal threats case and includes gang allegations based on Lodor's suspected ties to white supremacy groups.

Lodor refers to himself as a reverend for the Creator Skinhead Movement but denies he's a white supremacist.

Bryn said authorities in San Luis Obispo County received a report on Sunday from a man who reported receiving what he considered threats from Lodor on a MySpace account allegedly held by Lodor. Bryn said the man, whose name was not released, took the threat seriously.

"He believed this person may have been spotted in San Luis Obispo County as well," Bryn said.

Porterville police arrested Lodor without incident on Tuesday. He was later turned over to authorities from San Lus Obispo County.

Bryn said Lodor is being held on suspicion of terrorist threats with a pair of gang enhancements based on Lodor's alleged affiliations. He said the case remains under investigation, but did not comment further on the scope of the evidence.

"Obviously it was enought to make an arrest in this case," he said.

Final disposition is pending in a felony assault case against Lodor in Tulare County Superior Court. That case was filed Oct. 27, 2007, and is based on an incident on Oct. 18 during which Lodor allegedly stabbed a Springville man outside The Antlers Bar, in the 30900 block of East Highway 190, near Springville.