BitBoy Arrested: Ben Armstrong Faces Charges Over Threats

BitBoy Arrested: Ben Armstrong Faces Charges Over Threats

Armstrong was arrested on the evening of March 25, 2025, in Volusia County, Florida, at 7:18 PM, according to Volusia County Division of Corrections jail records. He is currently being held without bail, which suggests something rather serious is going on. The arrest warrant indicates that he is a fugitive, and the charges appear to be pending in some other jurisdiction, being Georgia.

Just days prior, on March 21, 2025, Armstrong posted an X post about receiving warrants for his arrest for having sent emails to Cobb County, Georgia Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs while acting as his own attorney. He posted, “I can now confirm that warrants for my arrest is due for me sending emails (as my own attorney by the way) to the DISHONORABLE Kimberly Childs of @cobbcountygovt who has NOW DELETED her Twitter lmao. Public officials hiding corruption one day at a time.” This post indicates that he thought his actions were justified but just also indicates that there was a mutual contention in the way he communicated with the judge.

Threats Alledgedly Made and Found Charges

Some news outlets describe these emails sent by Armstrong to Judge Childs as threatening and/or harassing. Although the exact contents of these e-mails remain under wraps, a reasonable contextual understanding suggests these messages might also bear serious implications in contravention of Georgia’s harassment communications law codified as Georgia Code § 16-11-39.1. This law criminalizes:

Repeated contacts via telecommunication, email, text messaging, or other electronic communication for the purpose of harassing, molesting, threatening, or intimidating such person or that person’s family (Justia).
Threatening bodily harm via such communications.

Considering Armstrong alleged that the judge deleted her social media accounts because of the emails, it seems that the emails were deemed severe enough to initiate some legal action. No public reports have clearly detailed the specific charges yet, but his status as a fugitive and his detention without bail indicate the charges are likely serious in terms of fines or even prison sentences should he be found guilty.

This is not Armstrong’s pre-trial entry. On September 25, 2023, he was arrested on a charge of “loitering/prowling” and “simple assault by placing another in fear” after a livestreamed bust-up with his then-business partner, Carlos Diaz, over an allegedly stolen Lamborghini. Officers had found a firearm and illegal drugs in the car. More reports (Decrypt, Coinpedia) chronicled this earlier arrest and give credence to his legal troubles, suggesting a pattern of conduct that may have led to his present predicament.

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