COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a
central Ohio man to 16 months in prison for making Twitter threats to
kill President Barack Obama.
Thirty-seven-year-old Daniel Temple
of Columbus had confessed to U.S. Secret Service agents to making the
threats and pleaded guilty in May.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1fpcSYy )
reports that he was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George C. Smith on Wednesday.
According
to the Secret Service complaint, threatening tweets by Temple from
March included the president’s name and phrases such as "coming to kill
you" and "killing you soon."
Temple’s attorney, Gordon G. Hobson,
wrote in a sentencing memorandum that Temple has been treated since 2010
for paranoia, delusions and hallucinations caused by alcohol and
marijuana abuse.
Hobson said Temple has been sober since his arrest in March.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a
central Ohio man to 16 months in prison for making Twitter threats to
kill President Barack Obama.
Thirty-seven-year-old Daniel Temple
of Columbus had confessed to U.S. Secret Service agents to making the
threats and pleaded guilty in May.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1fpcSYy )
reports that he was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George C. Smith on Wednesday.
According
to the Secret Service complaint, threatening tweets by Temple from
March included the president’s name and phrases such as "coming to kill
you" and "killing you soon."
Temple’s attorney, Gordon G. Hobson,
wrote in a sentencing memorandum that Temple has been treated since 2010
for paranoia, delusions and hallucinations caused by alcohol and
marijuana abuse.
Hobson said Temple has been sober since his arrest in March.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.