A Howard County man pleaded guilty Thursday to making false statements to federal agents about threatening messages he sent to a U.S. House representative from Maryland, according to Maryland’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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BALTIMORE (AP) â A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. Capitol Police about death threats sent to a congressman.
The Washington Post reports that Sidhartha Kumar Mathur, 35, of West Friendship pleaded guilty Thursday to making false statements to federal agents investigating the threats and admitted making threats by phone and through the congressmanâs website.
According to Mathurâs guilty plea, in December he sent a threatening message through the website and included a former classmateâs contact information. âI will kill you and blow up your office if you try to take my vote awayâ and âI know where you and your family lives,â Mathur wrote. Mathur then left a voicemail at the congressmanâs office with similar threats, according to court records show.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. â Federal authorities Dec. 23 arrested a man accused of threatening to kill a member of Congress from Maryland earlier this month if the lawmaker tried to messâ with the man s vote.
Sidhartha Kumar Mathur, 34, of West Friendship, Maryland, was charged Dec. 21 in a criminal complaint that was unsealed after his arrest. The charge he faces, making threats against a federal official, carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Court filings don t name the U.S. House of Representatives member who was the target of a threatening voicemail and message sent through the lawmaker s website. Marcia Murphy, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Robert Hur s office, said she can t identify the House member.