#USA #MO – A 32-year-old man from Ste. Genevieve was charged last week after prosecutors said he posted TikTok videos threatening to kill everyone at the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Jeremiah Robinson was charged Sept. 16 with first-degree making a terrorist threat, a Class D felony that carried a possible sentence of up to seven years in prison. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said the videos were posted Sept. 15 and quickly drew the attention of federal and local law enforcement.
Prosecutors alleged that Robinson, in the first video, said he was two minutes away from the archdiocese campus, that God had instructed him to use “no discernment,” and that “everyone who walks into that church is guilty and to kill them.” In a second video recorded from the parking lot, he turned his phone toward the offices and said his directions were to “leave no one breathing,” according to the charging documents summarized by authorities.
The FBI’s national operations center contacted the Shrewsbury Police Department after the videos surfaced. Officers evacuated the building that afternoon and searched the grounds with bomb-sniffing dogs. No explosives or weapons were found, and there were no reports of injuries. Police later said the site was deemed safe.
Robinson was arrested the following morning and booked into the St. Louis County Justice Center. Local news outlets reported he was held on a $100,000 cash-only bond; some later accounts listed a lower figure. He remained in custody as the case moved through the early stages of prosecution.
Brecht Mulvihill, executive director of communications for the archdiocese, thanked law enforcement and said church officials were focused on the safety of people who worked there. “The safety and wellbeing of the men and women who serve the Church are of the utmost importance, and we pray for an end to the hatred and threats of violence that have become so regrettably prevalent on social media,” he said.
Authorities did not publicly describe a motive beyond the content of the videos, which mixed religious language with explicit threats of mass violence. The charges treated the posts as terrorist threats rather than as protected speech, given the alleged proximity, specificity, and stated intent.
Cover Image: Jeremiah Robinson (32) in his mugshot for St. Louis County jail.
