California Man Gets 3 Years In Prison For Threats Over 2020 Election

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December 21, 2021 astatine 12:04 pm

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NEW YORK (AP) – A California antheral has been sentenced to 3 years successful situation for threatening harm successful substance messages sent during the onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol to a New York-based household subordinate of a journalist, prosecutors said.

Robert Lemke, 36, was sentenced Monday successful Manhattan national court, according to Damian Williams, U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York.

Lemke, a nonmigratory of Bay Point successful the San Francisco Bay Area, pleaded blameworthy successful October to 1 number of making threatening interstate communications.

The messages sent to the journalist’s comparative stated successful portion that the journalist’s “words are putting you and your household astatine risk. We are nearby, equipped and ready.”

Prosecutors alleged that the messages were among threatening substance and audio messages sent to astir 50 radical from November 2020 done aboriginal January 2021.

“Robert Lemke, refusing to judge the effect of the 2020 statesmanlike election, sent messages threatening dozens of victims, including journalists, elected officials, and their families, for the perceived discourtesy of stating the facts,” Williams said successful a statement.

In summation to the situation term, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein besides sentenced Lemke to 3 years of supervised release.

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