Samuel Cain (Roxie Wolfe)

Samuel Theodore Cain of Greenville, South Carolina, known on social media as Roxie Wolfe, was 19 years old when a single post on X about Rep. Nancy Mace led to a felony arrest, roughly 14 months in the Greenville County Detention Center without bond, and, on July 21, 2026, a sentence of house arrest, five years of probation, a permanent restraining order, and a ban on social media and nearly all internet use. Cain identifies as a transgender woman and uses she/her pronouns; the SLED arrest warrant and court records list Cain's legal name.

The entire criminal case rests on one post. No weapon, no travel, and no plan were ever alleged. At a December 2025 bond hearing, Cain's defense told the court that SLED, the FBI, and the Secret Service "have not found anything that shows Wolfe is a threat," and that the ATF "found no red flags since Wolfe doesn't own a gun or have access to one," as reported by Fox Carolina.

The post

On April 26, 2025, the Roxie Wolfe account posted on X, in the wording released by Mace's congressional office:

"I'M GOING TO ASSASSINATE REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE WITH A GUN AND I'M BEING 100% DEAD ASS."

The post came five days after Mace's viral April 2025 confrontation with a transgender student at the University of South Carolina over her use of a slur, as noted by the SC Daily Gazette. On April 30, 2025, Cain admitted authoring the post to federal agents and, per FITSNews, told them she "didn't mean it." The post was deleted and the account is gone.

Arrest and 14 months without bond

SLED arrested Cain on May 15, 2025, on a state charge of Threatening the Life of a Public Official, S.C. Code § 16-3-1040 (arrest warrant 2025A2330204484), a felony carrying up to five years. No federal charge was ever filed, though the FBI conducted the interview in which Cain admitted the post.

What followed was, by the presiding judge's own description, without precedent locally. Cain was denied bond four times over:

May 16, 2025: Magistrate James Hudson denied bond ("Mr. Cain, I do believe that you are a credible threat"). Mace flew from Washington to Greenville to read a victim impact statement in person, telling the court, per her office's published text: "I come before you today not just as a victim, but as a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives... As elected officials, we accept public scrutiny. We do not accept terror." The same statement declared: "I believe the trans movement is radicalized. Its a cult."
A second bond denial followed (referenced in Mace's December 2025 press release).
December 12, 2025: Circuit Judge G.D. Morgan, Jr. denied bond a third time after a jailhouse informant claimed Cain had answered "yes" when asked, during a discussion of the Charlie Kirk assassination, whether Cain would kill Mace given the opportunity. That claim comes from Mace's office and the solicitor's presentation; it was never tested at a trial. Fox Carolina reported the judge said there had been no other case like it in Greenville County and that his decision rested "in part on the current political climate."
May 15, 2026: a fourth bond request was heard, per WMBF; Cain remained in custody.

At the December hearing, Cain's mother addressed the court, as reported by Fox Carolina:

"This is my child and she is not a basis for a political campaign platform. This has shaken my faith in the entire system. We have lost an integral part of our family. This loss is a pain we feel every single day."

The sentence, July 21, 2026

In Greenville County on July 21, 2026, Cain received five years, suspended to 30 months of house arrest, followed by five years of probation, the maximum probation term allowed under South Carolina law, per WCIV and Live 5 News. News coverage of the sentencing does not specify whether it followed a plea or a trial verdict; as of December 2025 the state had said it was ready for trial, with no date set.

The conditions, as released through Mace's office and reported by both outlets: GPS monitoring for the duration; a psychiatric evaluation through Greenville Mental Health and compliance with all treatment and medications; a 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew outside verified employment; no contact with Mace, her family, or her staff; a permanent restraining order; no firearms or ammunition; no leaving South Carolina; weekly drug screens; vocational rehabilitation; proof of employment or three job applications per week; 100 hours of community service; and no social media and no internet except for employment. Any violation returns Cain to jail.

Counting pretrial custody, Cain spent roughly 14 months behind bars for the post, longer than the total additional confinement the sentence imposed.

Mace delivered a victim impact statement in court: "Mr. Cain previously declared his intention to kill me by shooting me... It was specific, directed at me personally, and carried a clear message of violence" (WCIV). To media she added: "The fabric of our country is being torn from within" (Live 5).

Mace's posts about Cain

Mace posted repeatedly about Cain, including the booking photo, within a day of the arrest. Her office billed Cain as "the first trans activist in the country to be arrested for death threats" against a member of Congress, a framing that is her office's own.

Mace's May 15, 2025 arrest announcement: "Roxie was 'deadss' arrested... this individual is obviously unwell in more ways than..." (original post)*

May 16, 2025: "This is not Roxie Wolf, this is not a woman, and threatening my life is not a joke. Look at his smirk." (original post)

Mace quote-tweeted her own post of the jail photo: "This smirk is haunting." (original post)

After the bond hearing: "Samuel Cain's father shook my hand and apologized, although it wasn't his fault." (original post)

The Dallas Express reported Mace also remarked, "Hopefully they have makeup wipes in prison"; Law&Crime reported the line as "I hope they have makeup wipes in prison."

Commentary

The LGBTQ outlet INTO wrote of the case: "Wolfe is a trans woman without celebrity status who is now at the mercy of the state for a tweet." On the other side, FITSNews publisher Will Folks wrote: "there is no place for political violence in our Republic. Those who engage in political violence, or threaten it, should be held accountable."

The full account of both July 21, 2026 sentencings, and how differently the two cases were handled, is in the dispatch Two threat sentencings in one day.