NEW YORK – A Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania man pled guilty in federal court to making interstate communications with a threat to injure, which carries a sentence of five years in prison.
Joshua Hall, 22, previously pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
According to court documents, Hall made terrifying threats to the staff of a U.S. congressman whom he disliked rather than attempting to effect change through any of the freedoms of expression that all Americans enjoy, said US Attorney Damian Williams.
Hall placed a series of telephone calls from Yonkers, New York to the California office of a congressman. During those calls, Hall conveyed threats to kill the congressman to at least three different members of the congressman’s staff.
In one call, Hall said if he saw the House member, he would kill him. He also said he wanted to “beat the shit out of” the representative.
