Detention motion: Seneca man threatened violent payback to law enforcement, people who "ratted" him out

A Seneca man waived the reading of his indictment and pleaded not gulity to meth and weapons charge this morning in U. S. District Court in Springfield.

Judge David P. Rush ordered Jason Daniel Gibson, 40, held without bond, following a detention motion from the government that claimed Gibson had threatened payback to law enforcement and to the people who "ratted" him out. Gibson's long list of previous crimes and allegations against him, including deliberately driving his car into the rear end of his mother's car and stalking and harassing his ex-wife.

From the detention motion:

The Government is aware of the following evidence:

In relation to the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the evidence includes statements made by the defendant indicating that he enjoyed access to firearms and would use those firearms against law enforcement. 

The Government also possesses evidence of statements made by the defendant following his arrest Case for committing the instant offense, wherein he lists persons who he suspected had informed, or “ratted,” on him, who were responsible for his arrest, and against whom he would retaliate upon his release from custody.

In relation to the history and characteristics of the defendant, the defendant’s criminal activity and past law enforcement contacts have not always resulted in criminal convictions; however, the circumstances surrounding such activity indicates that he has a propensity to commit violent acts, fueled by his addiction to methamphetamine, and his actions are increasing in severity. 

For example, the defendant was arrested three separate times in 2013 and charged with committing both misdemeanor- and felony-level domestic assaults. One of those charges resulted in a misdemeanor conviction for domestic assault and the other two cases were ultimately dismissed. 

In 2016, the defendant was arrested by the Seneca, Missouri, Police Department after he intentionally drove his vehicle into the rear of his mother’s vehicle, for which incident he was charged with the felony of property damage in the first degree and the misdemeanor of domestic assault. 

The latter charge was resolved in the Seneca Municipal Court as a peace disturbance, though the defendant pleaded guilty to the felony property damage in the Circuit Court of Newton County, Missouri. 

At the time the defendant was taken into federal custody on or about September 1, 2023, there was pending against him multiple state criminal charges, including Newton County, Missouri, case number 23NW-CR01376, in which he was charged with one felony count of harassment in the first degree and one felony count of  stalking in the first degree, for events occurring on or about August 9, 2023. 

The alleged victim in that criminal case was the defendant’s former spouse who continues to have an active order of protection against the defendant. The alleged victim is also considered by the Government to be a witness to the instant offense; where the defendant has previously knowingly violated orders of protection against persons including said witness, he has proven that no court order or threat of incarceration could deter him from further offending the law.