--- description: The man called 911 when the President was visiting New York State, and said his former roommate was on his way to kill him title: Man Accuses Love Rival of Obama Assassination Plot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96147a37c5911b2f/6987635c2dce014bba9db36a/rtr44a0q.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jealous Friend Implicates Love Rival in Obama Assassination Plot by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 8:46 AM CUT  U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on board Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on board Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 2014Jonathan Ernst—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 8:46 AM CUT A jealous man from Yonkers, N.Y., has admitted falsely [telling police](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/30/love-triangle-obama-plot/18162237/ "undefined") that a female friend’s boyfriend was planning to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama during a visit to Westchester County in August. Juan Medina, 31, called 911 on Aug. 29 when Obama was in Westchester for two fundraisers, _USA Today_ reported. He told them that an acquaintance from New Haven, Conn., was on his way to New York State armed with two assault rifles and intent on killing the President. Agents from a host of law-enforcement agencies rushed to locate the man he’d named and finally swooped on the town of Hamden, in Connecticut. The man said he suspected his former roommate and girlfriend’s friend of placing the emergency call, leading them back to Medina. Although Medina denied placing the hoax call on two separate occasions last month, he finally confessed after failing a lie-detector test during a second interview. The confession was reported by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who said Medina tried to get the Connecticut man in trouble because he did not approve of his relationship with his girlfriend. Medina was charged on Wednesday with one count of making false statements to authorities, and has since been released on $25,000 bail. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/30/love-triangle-obama-plot/18162237/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3547701/jealous-friend-obama-assassination-plot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3547701/jealous-friend-obama-assassination-plot/"},"headline":"Jealous Friend Implicates Love Rival in Obama Assassination Plot","datePublished":"2014-10-30T08:46:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:06:37.357Z","description":"The man called 911 and said his former roommate planned to kill the President during a visit to New York State","url":"https://time.com/3547701/jealous-friend-obama-assassination-plot/","keywords":["Crime","Assassination","Obama","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96147a37c5911b2f/6987635c2dce014bba9db36a/rtr44a0q.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96147a37c5911b2f/6987635c2dce014bba9db36a/rtr44a0q.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Obama arrives onboard Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York","caption":"U.S. President Obama arrives onboard Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York","creditText":"Jonathan Ernst—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3547701/jealous-friend-obama-assassination-plot/","name":"Jealous Friend Implicates Love Rival in Obama Assassination Plot"}}]}] ```