Claremore Man Arrested, Accused Of Threatening Neighbors For Supporting Donald Trump

A Claremore man is being held without bond after being charged with terrorism for making numerous threats about killing Donald Trump supporters.

Claremore Police arrested Tommy Goodman after several neighbors filed reports saying he said he was going to carry out a shooting attack if Trump won the election.

Investigators say one neighbor told police Tommy Goodman said he had been "on assignment" to shoot and kill every person wearing a red hat if Donald Trump won the election.

Another neighbor says they put their house up for sale and moved because of the threats.

Claremore Police arrested Goodman last week after a month’s long investigation. Several of Goodman's neighbors, who had Donald Trump signs in their yards, reported that Goodman said Trump is a national threat, and so were his supporters, and he had plans to kill them.

“I believe that he had the means to commit the violent acts. His very specific threats were kind of time stamped. What I mean by that is he made very specific threats, that they would occur if something happened, which was President Trump getting elected,” said Chief Steve Cox with Claremore Police.

Police say in 2023, Goodman threatened Claremore bank employees, saying he would bring an AK-47 into the bank, then later told officers Donald Trump is a traitor. One neighbor told police Goodman said he was part of an underground network and "he would get a call if Trump won the Presidential election instructing him to shoot and kill anyone wearing a red hat or Trump regalia." Another neighbor told police Goodman got angry when the neighbor put up a Trump flag and said Goodman threw at least 20 dead animals in his pool.

"Yes, there was no violence, but I will say on the other end, we intercepted him as well as and we do know after the search warrant that he had the means, he had the motivation, what he said was going to set him off happened,” said Cox. 

Investigators searched Goodman's house and found weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition, threatening letters, drugs, animal traps, Nazi flags and more.

District Attorney Matt Ballard asked the judge not give Goodman bond and the judge agreed. Ballard says this is the first time he's filed a terrorism charge.

"The electoral process is so important to our democracy and somebody targeting supporters of Donald Trump is absolutely unacceptable,” said Ballard.

Claremore Police say several others have already come forward with similar stories about Goodman.

Goodman's attorney declined to comment after Thursday's bond hearing, but argued Goodman hasn't acted on any threats, doesn't have a record and argued his statements fell under free speech.