ORLANDO, Fla. – A Virginia man will be barred from using social media after he threatened a Central Florida sheriff via Facebook, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
In a release, SAO officials announced that the man — identified as Jacob Devan, 21 — had threatened to shoot and kill Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey using Facebook messages.
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Some of the alleged messages sent to Ivey from Devan’s account on June 14, 2025, are as follows:
- “I will kill you and your family.”
- “I’ll shoot you till you won’t breathe anymore.”
- “I know where you live.”
Investigators said that a warrant for Devan’s arrest was obtained shortly thereafter, and his mother drove him from their Washington, DC suburbs to Brevard County to turn himself in.
“The mother said Devan had been upset by comments the sheriff made during a press conference but was ready to take responsibility for his threats,” the release reads.
At a hearing on Thursday, Devan pleaded no contest to charges of making written or electronic threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, SAO officials added. As such, he managed to avoid trial and a possible prison sentence.
However, Devan was still found guilty, and a judge prohibited him from owning firearms in Florida and Virginia, the release shows.
In addition, Devan must complete an anger-management course, work 100 volunteer hours at an animal shelter, and has been barred from using social media during five years of supervised probation, according to the SAO. He will be allowed to serve his probation in Virginia.
“If you’re thinking of doing something, you’ll be riding here in a van, shackled,” the judge told Devan. “It’s no fun.”