Some people are calling for a Kalispell man to be taken back into police custody this weekend after it was discovered that social media accounts he previously used to issue racist threats to religious leaders and school children have been active since his release from jail in July.

David Joseph Lenio, 29, was granted conditional release from Flathead County Detention Center to his parents in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the stipulation that he abstain from using social media. Lenio is facing one count of felony intimidation after he unleashed a barrage of hateful and threatening messages on Twitter stretching from December 2014 until February 2015.

His messages included one from Feb. 12 that said: “I bet I could get at least 12 unarmed sitting ducks if I decide to go on a killing spree in a school. Sounds better than being a wage slave.”

Later that day he also wrote: “What do you think costs more in most U.S. cities? A gun with enough ammunition to kill 100 school kids or the security deposit on an apartment. ... What would I rather do? Be a #wage slave for the rest of my life or tell society f--- you & do your kids a favor by shooting up a #school?”

He also referred to the Sandy Hook school massacre in his tweets.

The rants escalated as Lenio sent out messages about taking out an entire classroom of students to “score 30+.” In the rant Lenio also called the Holocaust a lie and wrote that it “is now time to hunt the Nazi hunters.”

His tweets were spotted by then-Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence spokesman Jonathan Hutson, who worked with law enforcement to help locate Lenio.

Lenio was arrested on Feb. 16 on his way home from skiing in Whitefish. Officers were told by Lenio’s roommate that Lenio had brought guns and ammunition to the home the night before.

After obtaining a search warrant, officers found a 9-mm semi-automatic rifle and a Russian-made bolt-action rifle. Lenio’s vehicle contained a .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol and more ammunition. Marijuana and jugs of urine also were found in the vehicle.

In an interview with police, Lenio claimed he was only trying to bring attention to social issues and asked if police had responded to his threats by increasing their guard over school children.

“I thought I was careful to make it so I didn’t threaten anybody and break any laws,” Lenio told police and FBI investigators in a recorded interview.

The case was set for trial last week, but Flathead District Judge Heidi Ulbricht granted a delay so prosecutors and defense attorneys could work out possible plea agreement in the case. The possible plea agreement sparked some outcry from gun-control advocates and local community members who want to make sure that Lenio is convicted of a felony so that he would be prevented from owning guns in the future.

An online petition asking Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan for a felony conviction was created by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and had collected more than 8,000 signatures as of Friday morning, including more than 300 from Montana.

Hutson — the man who spotted Lenio’s original tweets — said he found new tweets on Thursday that were posted from the @PsychicDogTalk3 account Lenio had been using after Lenio was released from jail. Most of the tweets were sent in July and August and were re-tweets of other people who posted content blaming the Sept. 11 attacks on Israel.

“He has also re-tweeted an exchange between four Twitter users on the question of how to stop the ‘urge to kill and get rid of stupid and ugly people,’” Hutson wrote in a Friday morning email to Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan. “One user, whose response to the question Lenio re-tweeted, said the way to stop the urge to kill is ‘by satisfying it.’”

Hutson said Lenio should be sent back to jail.

“He has violated the court’s order and shown contempt for the judge 348 times,” Hutson said. “He is unfit for release into his parent’s custody in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I question if he would be getting such preferential treatment if he weren’t white and the son of an investment banker.”

Hutson said he had a hard time believing a Native American or Muslim man would have been treated the same in Montana.

Hutson added he had qualms about Lenio being released without having to post bail despite his family’s financial resources. Lenio’s bail was originally $500,000, but it was quashed when conditions of release were ordered. Hutson had forwarded the information on the Flathead County Attorney’s Office. Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan was out of the office on Friday for comment, but staff said the information had been forwarded to law enforcement.

Staff at the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office were unable to verify whether or not they had received a report about Lenio’s Twitter account. The Kalispell Police Department did not return calls for comment.

Lenio’s public defender Brent Getty said he could not comment on the case Friday.

Lenio’s new trial date is Jan. 19.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.