A Florida Army veteran was sentenced in Springfield, Mass., federal court for sending threatening messages claiming he was going to shoot members of an anti-gun violence group if he didn’t receive his pension.
A Florida man pleaded guilty to sending a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs that threatened to shoot members of an organization that advocates for an end to gun violence
BOSTON (AP) A 31-year-old Army veteran has pleaded guilty to charges that he made violent threats against an organization that supports stronger firearm laws. Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said Wednesday that Drummond Neil Smithson made the threat in a letter he mailed to the Department of Veterans Affairs in July 2020.