Cape Coral Man Arrested on Martin County Warrant After TikTok Posts Appeared to Target Stuart Elementary School, Sheriff Says

A Cape Coral man is in custody on a Martin County warrant after TikTok posts that the Martin County Sheriff's Office says threatened a student, a school, residents and law enforcement, including a post that appeared to name someone at Felix Williams Elementary School in Stuart. Michael George Davis was arrested at his Cape Coral home on Saturday night, Nov. 7, about a day after someone alerted authorities to the posts, according to the sheriff's office.

Davis is being held on a $100,000 bond. He is presumed innocent, and the sheriff's office has not said publicly why he targeted Martin County, which sits on the opposite coast of the state from his home in Lee County.

What the posts showed

According to the sheriff's office and WINK News, one video showed Davis pointing at on-screen text reading "Dead on site." Another post carried a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the caption "TERROR WARNING."

Another post threatened Martin County residents and appeared to name a person at Felix Williams Elementary, an elementary school in Stuart, WINK reported. The name was blurred in the screenshot the sheriff's office released. CBS12 News reported that one clip claimed the children of Martin County would be executed over what the poster called hate crimes against Jewish people. Investigators have not said whether Davis has any connection to the school, the person named or the county.

How the arrest happened

Someone tipped off law enforcement about the posts on Friday, Nov. 6, according to the sheriff's office. Detectives with the Martin County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division identified Davis and tracked him across the state to Cape Coral, then worked with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Cape Coral Police Department to find him.

Officers went to Davis's home on Saturday night. He at first refused to come out, the sheriff's office said, before he was taken into custody. CBS12 reported Davis's age as 51.

The charges

Lee County jail records show Davis faces one charge of resisting an officer without violence, along with the Martin County warrant, WINK reported. As of Sunday, the sheriff's office had not released the specific charge or charges listed on the warrant, and published reports did not identify a threat-related count by name.

Florida law makes it a crime to send or post a written or electronic threat to kill or injure someone, or to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, where others can see it. Under section 836.10 of the Florida Statutes, that offense is a second-degree felony, and it applies to posts on any platform, as News4Jax explained in a July report on teenagers' online posts. Authorities have not said whether Davis is charged under that statute.

What the sheriff said

Sheriff John Budensiek addressed the arrest on the agency's Facebook page. He said anyone who threatens students, schools, the community or officers will be identified and arrested, and that the agency will "use every investigative resource available to identify you, find you and lock you up," WINK reported.

The sheriff's office has not said whether classes at Felix Williams Elementary were disrupted or whether extra deputies were sent to the campus after the posts surfaced.

A county that has dealt with repeated school threats

Budensiek's office has handled a string of school-related threats. CBS12 has reported on several bomb threats against Martin County High School in Stuart, including one the sheriff said investigators traced to someone in Russia and another in which a 15-year-old student was arrested after confessing to sending the threat, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies have also arrested students over weapons found at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City and a BB gun designed to look like a Glock at Martin County High, WPTV reported.

Those cases involved students. The Davis case is different: authorities say the threats came from an adult living across the state and were spread on a public social media platform, which required help from federal and Lee County partners to make an arrest.

Adults have faced the same threat statute elsewhere on the Treasure Coast this year. In April, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office arrested Antonio Mojica, 25, on a charge of making a written or electronic threat to kill or cause bodily harm after a series of tips submitted through the state's FortifyFL app targeted Sebastian River High School and Vero Beach High School, WPTV and WQCS reported. Investigators determined those tips were unfounded.

TikTok has figured in earlier Treasure Coast cases as well. In October 2025, Port St. Lucie police arrested a middle school student within hours of a TikTok video that threatened Southport Middle School with a bomb, and the student was charged under Florida law with electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury or conduct an act of terrorism, according to reports at the time.

How to report a threat

Florida's FortifyFL app, created by the Legislature after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, lets anyone report a possible threat to a school anonymously. Tips go to local law enforcement and school officials. People can also call 911 or contact their local sheriff's office.

The system has also been abused. In 2024, after a wave of false tips, the State Board of Education required school districts to educate parents about FortifyFL and about the felony charges students can face for knowingly making false reports, FOX 13 reported. Hillsborough County alone charged 15 students with felonies that fall for submitting false tips, according to the same report.

What's next

Davis was in the Lee County jail as of Sunday afternoon, according to WINK. Because the warrant comes from Martin County, he is expected to be transferred there to face the case in the 19th Judicial Circuit, which covers Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.

Investigators are still working to determine why Davis targeted Martin County and the people named in the posts, the sheriff's office said. The Florida Press will update this story when the sheriff's office or court records identify the charges on the Martin County warrant.