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A man from Minnesota with a criminal record and ties to extremist ideology has been arrested after his $45,000 bounty for US Attorney General Pam Bondi went viral on TikTok. Tyler Maxon Avalos from St. Paul was arrested on October 16 in Ramsey County on charges of interstate transmission of a threat to injure the person of another. The 30-year-old, who has a prior history of convictions, shared a wanted poster online with a target on the forehead of the attorney general and asked that she be turned in, 'preferably dead'. The murder for hire post was captioned 'cough cough. When they don't serve us, then what?' Avalos's record includes a misdemeanor for domestic assault, third-degree domestic battery, and he was most recently convicted in July 2022 for felony stalking in Dakota County. Court filings on October 22 indicated that US Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko allowed Avalos to be released from custody under several conditions, according to Law & Crime. Avalos may not travel outside of Minnesota or continue his mental health treatment, and can not possess weapons. He is also prohibited from consuming alcohol, has a curfew, is monitored by GPS, and needs approval to access the internet. A TikTok user in Detroit, Michigan, reported Avalos' threatening upload to the FBI's National Threat Operations Center on October 9, 2025, according to an affidavit. Avalos used an account which appears to have been removed from the platform. The removed profile was also accompanied by the name 'WACKO' that was spelled out using a symbol for anarchism and had a follow link to an anarchist FAQ. The radical ideology prompted Special Agent Caleb Jurchisin, with training in domestic-terrorism investigations, to flag the content, according to the document. Federal authorities submitted an Emergency Disclosure Request to TikTok that revealed Avalos's device was a Samsung Galaxy, an email address, and a sign-up IP address. Using the intel, the agents worked with Google and Comcast to pinpoint Avalos using IP addresses in Minnesota. Avalos was then confirmed to live at the residence through records, his observed exit from the apartment, and his name on the mailbox. An arrest warrant for the sinister TikToker was signed the same day it was requested by Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright. Avalos' arrest comes shortly after another chilling TikTok incident that involved Andrew Stanton encouraging the shooting of federal agents. The 38-year-old from Wisconsin was placed into custody on charges of making threats to assault, kidnap, or murder a United States official. Stanton has pleaded not guilty and is set for trial on December 15, according to court records.
