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2021-11-12 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida man, 73, who threatened to kill Democrats Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell and said 'MS-13 were coming to behead' another lawmaker is found guilty of threatening members of Congress
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Frank Anthony Pezzuto, 73, was convicted of making threatening calls to three members of Congress – including Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell

  • The Florida man could face up to five years in federal prison

  • According to trial evidence, Pezzuto told the staffer who answered the phone in Omar's office: 'Tell her I'm going to kill her today'

  • He also threatened to behead a third member, identified as Congressman A.S.
In the weeks after the January 6 protest, and even though he blocked his cell phone number.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Lurkers here, be cautious.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-12 10:14||   2021-11-12 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 If he is sane he deserves five years. We are a country of laws and death threats are unacceptable.
Posted by ruprecht 2021-11-12 11:01||   2021-11-12 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Rene Boucher only got about 8 months for severely & permanently injuring Sen. Rand Paul, this in a federal court after the previous 30 day was appealed as too lenient.
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-11-12 17:43||   2021-11-12 17:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Politically motivated leniency in one case doesn't mean every other case needs to be so lenient.
Posted by ruprecht 2021-11-12 18:27||   2021-11-12 18:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Rene Boucher only got about 8 months

Yeah, but did he use bad words?
Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-12 22:27||   2021-11-12 22:27|| Front Page Top

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