GARDEN GROVE A man was arrested Sunday night, Feb. 18, after making disturbing posts on Facebook indicating he posed a potential danger to the public, authorities said.
Shortly before 10 p.m., officers were contacted by a family member of 46-year-old Mark William Flicker of Garden Grove. The relative expressed concern about erratic Facebook posts from Flicker, adding he had ongoing family issues and had been drinking heavily, police said in a statement.
“Officers were shown the posts made by Flicker,” the statement says. “Those posts appeared to indicate that Flicker could potentially pose a danger to the public. Flicker did not specifically threaten any specific person, business, or place, but indicated he had ordered a firearm on-line and that he was full of rage and hate.”
As officers were preparing to go to Flicker’s residence, they received a phone call from another family member, who stated Flicker had gone to his mother’s residence in the 12900 block of Sylvan Street in Garden Grove to retrieve a firearm from a gun safe, the statement says.
As officers began arriving in the area, Flicker walked out of the residence and was detained.
Police determined Flicker had unsuccessfully attempted to open the gun safe without his mother’s permission, says the statement. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and attempted grand theft of firearms and booked into the Orange County Jail. Bail was set at $2 million.
Police along with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office served Flicker with a firearms emergency protective order preventing him from legally possessing any guns pending further investigation. Early Monday, officers served a search warrant at Flicker’s residence and recovered several electronic devices, but did not find any firearms.