Orlando, FL – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces
that a federal jury yesterday found Robert Francis Pratersch (57, Kissimmee)
guilty of threatening a federal official and interstate transmission of a
threat to injure. Pratersch faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal
prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 16, 2019.
According to evidence presented at trial, Pratersch left
three threatening voicemail messages at the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders in
Burlington, Vermont. These profanity-laced messages included a threat to “behead”
Senator Sanders, “ISIS-style,” and videotape the execution. The messages also
included numerous anti-Semitic remarks directed at Senator Sanders.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the United States Capitol Police. It is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Vincent S. Chiu.
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