Bangor man sentenced to prison for threatening congressman
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A 60-year-old Bangor man was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to threatening a federal official.
Martin Dale Osborn will be supervised by a U.S. probation officer for three years after his release, according to a news release.
In June 2020, Osborn left a voicemail for Rep. Johnson, who represents Atlantaâs 4
th Congressional District.
The voicemail said, âOne day you are going to see me. Itâll be about 2 oâclock in the morning. Iâll be at your bedside and all youâre going to see is me knocking the living shit out of you. terrified? You should be.â
December 18, 2020
A Bangor man has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for threatening a Georgia congressman. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in west Michigan says 60-year-old Martin Dale Osborn in June of this year left a voicemail for Congressman Hank Johnson, saying “One day you are going to see me. It’ll be about two o’clock in the morning. I’ll be at your bedside and all you’re going to see is me knocking the living [expletive] out of you. Terrified? You should be.” Osborn referred to Johnson, who is Black, as “boy,” and specifically linked his threat to the congressman’s sponsorship of a gun control bill. As a result of the conviction, Osborn will be permanently barred from possessing firearms. After his release, he’ll be on probation for 3 years. During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney said every American has the right to express their opinion, but “no one has the right to threaten another with violence.”
‘Terrified? You should be:’ West Michigan man gets prison for threats to congressman
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
A West Michigan man has been sentenced to prison for threatening voicemails left for a U.S. congressman. (MLive File Photo)
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KALAMAZOO, MI – A Van Buren County man was sentenced to prison Friday, Dec. 18, for leaving threatening voicemails for U.S. Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson, D-Georgia, over gun legislation.
Martin Dale Osborn of Bangor also left threatening messages for two other federal officials, a federal prosecutor said.
Osborn pleaded guilty as charged to threatening a federal official.
U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney sentenced Osborn to one year, one day in federal prison. He said those who make sure threats “must understand the likelihood that they’re going to serve some time in incarceration is significant.”