YOUNGSTOWN — U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Carmen Henderson ordered that Charles G. Ingram, 47, of North Bloomfield, remain in detention following a hearing Monday where an FBI agent testified that Ingram admitted to posting numerous messages on YouTube last month that threatened U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and others.

Ingram’s criminal complaint accuses him of committing “violations of threatening interstate communications” between Jan. 14 and Jan. 28. At the end of the hearing, Henderson bound the charge over to a federal grand jury.

Because Ingram did not waive his preliminary hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Pete Daly called FBI agent David Brown to testify to the investigation Daly carried out, the evidence that was obtained and his interview with Ingram after he was taken into custody from his Norton Lane home in rural northern Trumbull County.

He is charged with violations of threatening interstate communications.

An affidavit Brown filed in the case stated that Brown received a tip Jan. 29 that a person posted a threat Jan. 14 that stated: “Get a gun Find good location up high. Kill random ICE agent. Anytime, anywhere and all the time. After every single ICE agent is doxxed and dead. After that kill every single person who voted for Trump. Kill ICE, shoot first, second, third and fourth.”

Similar messages appeared Jan. 15, 19 and Jan. 22, this time with the remarks now saying “Make the world a better place by killing elites, politicians, judges, cops, CEOs etc.” On Jan. 25, the threatening remarks included the idea that the writer might “become the world’s biggest, loudest voice as the last thing they hear.” They continue Jan. 26 and then Jan. 28 with a return focus on ICE.

The posts were gone when Brown’s investigation began Jan. 29, but Brown was able to trace the messages to Ingram through his Google account. He was able to view Ingram’s YouTube profile picture, and it showed what Brown said appeared to be a bloody image of President Donald Trump.

Brown used FBI databases to locate additional posts by Ingram on YouTube from Dec. 23 that focused on wanting to see MAGA supporters die, and on Jan. 1 there was a reference to killing “law enforcement, judges CEOs, Trumpers, etc. I see anybody approaching my property and ICE will die (where) they stand.”

Jan. 12 remarks focused on ICE agents again. But on Jan. 13, the threats were aimed at “elites,” “Zionists,” “ICE,” and “Trump.”

On Feb. 4, agents conducted a search warrant at Ingram’s home, finding eight firearms and a crossbow. Brown testified Monday that when he interviewed Ingram, Ingram admitted to writing the posts. When Brown asked Ingram if he “stood by the posts,” Ingram said “1,000 percent,” Brown said.

Brown stated in the affidavit that he determined that Ingram had no criminal record. He had lived in North Bloomfield about 15 years, Brown testified Monday.