Instagram caption by unarmed student viewed as threat to Bianco, causes arrest, protective order

The threat to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s life that caused a 21-year-old Riverside college student to be arrested is a one-sentence Instagram caption: “We need to kill this guy ASAP.”

Bianco first mentioned up the threat in The Morning Answer Podcast on Sept. 30. The Riverside Press-Enterprise published the student’s name, Danielle Lopez, on Sept. 30, but did not identify the exact form of the statement.

Lopez’s attorney, Jay Monico of the San Diego firm Seven Legal, stressed his client’s innocence in the court of law.

“Miss Lopez has the presumption of innocence, and there was no ill will or malicious intent,” Monico said by phone Oct. 3.