Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Making Threats to Kill the President and a Federal Judge
1 August 2006 Michael Disch, 37, of Wheaton, Ill., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court on charges of making threats to injure and kill a federal judge and the President of the United States while incarcerated on state charges in Georgia, announced U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias of the Northern District of Georgia.
"By threatening the president and a federal judge, this defendant committed serious crimes by which he intended to disrupt our criminal justice system," said U.S. Attorney Nahmias. "He also caused the government to expend resources to investigate the threats, which we must take seriously in every case. He will now pay by spending six and-a-half more years in prison."
Disch was sentenced to serve 77 months in prison, which will run consecutively to his state prison sentence, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Disch was convicted of these charges on May 15, 2006.
According to U.S. Attorney Nahmias and the information presented in court, Disch made the two death threats in violation of federal law while incarcerated on state charges in Georgia in June and August of 2004. Disch first made a series of interstate telephone calls from Atlanta to the U.S. Courthouse in Chicago relaying threats to injure and kill a U.S. District Court Judge who had previously sentenced him on unrelated charges. In addition, Disch sent a letter via U.S. mail to the White House threatening to kill the President. Federal law enforcement officials found no evidence indicating that Disch had prepared to carry through on his threats or that the targets were in any danger.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin S. Anand prosecuted the case.
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