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(c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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[POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED PERPETRATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT MURDER SUICIDE]
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
GEORGE R. ARNOLD
VIOLATIONS:
18 U.S.C. § 875(c) (interstate threats - 4 counts)
I N D I C T M E N T
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6. On or about March 2, 2007, defendant GEORGE R. ARNOLD sent an email to C.L., stating in part: “[Y]ou are still going to drown in your own blood from any where in this world. run on this puny small planet. you can run but you cannot hide! when you least expect it tragedy will befall upon you, you have been marked . . . .”
7. On or about March 3, 2007, defendant GEORGE R. ARNOLD sent an email to C.L., stating in part: “[S]end me my shit otherwise i ll show up in philly to collect . .
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THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES THAT:
1. Paragraphs 1 through 11 of Count One are incorporated here.
2. On or about March 3, 2007, at approximately 11:06 a.m., in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, defendant GEORGE R. ARNOLD knowingly transmitted, and willfully caused to be transmitted, a communication in interstate commerce, that is, an interstate email communication, containing a threat to injure the person of C.L.
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c)
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US V. SEFFNER MAN FOR INTERSTATE THREAT CALL
ReplyDeleteSeffner Man Faces Federal Charge For 'Interstate Threat'
By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune
Published: April 15, 2008
Updated: 04/15/2008 03:41 pm
TAMPA An FBI SWAT team arrested a Seffner man this morning on a federal warrant issued in Virginia for "interstate threat." Larry Henry Borneisen, 51, was arrested at his home at 4607 Castlewood Road. Borneisen spoke on the phone to a Capital One call center in Virginia this weekend, and his issue escalated in a threatening way, FBI spokeswoman Dee Rybiski said. Rybiski refused to discuss what was said during Borneisen's call. "It was important enough for it to be handled this way," she said. Borneisen was taken to the United States Marshal Service in Tampa for processing, an FBI release states. Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/apr/15/151541/seffner-man-faces-federal-charge-interstate-threat/
FROM INTERNET BUSINESS LAW SERVICES:
ReplyDelete...Transmitting threatening messages via e-mail is a federal crime in the United States and carries a penalty of imprisonment of up to five years or a fine, or both...
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