TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WPEC) — A Tallahassee man was sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting he made repeated online threats to kill President Donald Trump and other federal officials, prosecutors announced Friday.

Diego M. Villavicencio, 36, was sentenced on two counts of sending interstate threats, one count of impeding or retaliating against a federal official and one count of making threats against the president, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

Court documents show Villavicencio targeted Trump, former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell in threatening social media posts and messages over several months.

On Sept. 15, 2025, Villavicencio posted images on X showing crosshairs aimed at Powell’s head, prosecutors said. One post stated Powell would be “shot and killed” on Sept. 23, while another said, “Jerome is next.”

The following day, Villavicencio responded to a post by Swalwell and threatened to kill the congressman and his family, according to court records. Prosecutors said he later sent a direct message stating Swalwell would be shot and killed on Sept. 24.

On Jan. 25, 2026, Villavicencio responded to a post on 4chan and said he planned to drive to Mar-a-Lago to “take a couple of shots” at Trump and other people he described as corrupt, court documents show.

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“Criminal threats directed at public officials are becoming alarmingly more common, and this must stop now,” U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin said in a statement. “We have zero tolerance for such criminality in the Northern District of Florida.”

Villavicencio’s prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. He must spend the first year of that supervision in home detention.

The court also ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment and to submit to computer monitoring by the federal probation office.

The investigation involved the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police, Federal Reserve Board Protective Service and U.S. Secret Service.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric W. Welch.