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Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Shoot Obama

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A central Missouri man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to shoot President Barack Obama.

Twenty-four-year-old Cameron Stout, of Stover, was charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City with making threats against the president.

An affidavit from a Secret Service agent says Stout had several conversations during the past week with a confidential informant who is a former Aryan Nation member about plans to kill the president. Those plans included potential shooting sites in Washington and Kansas City, if the president were to visit there.

A public defender said he had just been assigned Stout's case and had no comment Tuesday.

The U.S. attorney's office says Stout remains in federal custody.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Thursday.

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