A Utah man who called the Daviess County Circuit Clerk and threatened to “shoot up the courthouse” has been extradited to Missouri to face a felony charge of making a terrorist threat. He was transported here from Mesa County, CO, by two Daviess County deputies, who left Daviess County at 4 a.m. March 29 and returned with the prisoner at 11:08 p.m. on March 30. He was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail on $35,000 cash bond.
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Brinton Bingham, 34, Provo, Utah, made a call to the Daviess County Circuit Clerk on March 14 because he was upset about a $150 fine that he was ordered to pay after he was found guilty in Daviess County of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.
As the conversation continued, Bingham made threats, and the court contacted a deputy sheriff, who then talked with the individual on the phone. During the conversation, Bingham identified himself and stated that he was coming to the courthouse to shoot deputy sheriffs.
Following the phone call the Daviess County Courthouse was placed on lockdown.
During the course of the investigation, deputies were able to obtain information about the suspect, which included his cellular telephone number and vehicle description.
After working with multiple law enforcement agencies, Bingham was apprehended in Colorado after leaving his home in Utah. Bingham informed the apprehending agency that he was en route to Daviess County, Missouri, to shoot deputies.
Bingham’s original arrest in Missouri was made Sept. 1, 2017, by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, for unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class D misdemeanor. He received a court trial in Daviess County on March 6, was found guilty, and was fined $150.