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<\/p>\nA Dallas man is reported to have sent “threatening communications” to multiple people. He faces up to five years in prison per count, according to federal officals.<\/p>\n
DALLAS, Texas \u2014 A Dallas man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison after he terrorized multiple people via electronic transmissions in June of 2023.<\/p>\n
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced the conviction of 56-year-old Phillip Daniel Peterson on six counts of transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce. Peterson now faces a possibility of up to five years in federal prison for each of the six counts.<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday\u2019s guilty verdict affirms that violent threats carry real consequences,\u201d Raybould said in a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCyber\u2011based threats are real threats, and those who misuse online communications to sow fear should expect meaningful federal consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock added in the release that the verdict makes clear how serious an offense violent online threats can be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FBI remains committed to protecting our communities and ensuring that individuals who exploit digital platforms to intimidate, coerce, or instill fear are held accountable.\u201d Special Agent Rothrock said.<\/p>\n
According to evidence presented at trial, the DOJ says Peterson sent a series of threatening emails on June 23, 2023, directing violent language toward multiple victims. The six threats were transmitted across state lines, which made it a federal offense. In the threats, Peterson is reported to have made physical threats involving people who were addressed only by their initials while also calling them obscene and offensive names.<\/p>\n
\u201cM.M., I am going to **** you up.\u201d\u201cI am going to put your ******* head on a stick.\u201d\u201cI am going to *** **** you M.M. you ******* ****\u201d\u201cM.M. I am going to **** you in the *** you stupid ****.\u201d\u201cI am going to **** both J.H. and D.W. in the ***.\u201d\u201cYou stupid ******* better know I know where you live.\u201d <\/p>\n
Peterson’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 11, 2027, before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, authorities say.<\/p>\n
The FBI’s Dallas office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ted Hocter and Caroline Poore from the National Security Division prosecuted the case, according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dallas man is reported to have sent “threatening communications” to multiple people. He faces up to five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-453021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}