Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa
Lopez announces that Dylan Ray Langley (24, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to
use the U.S. Mail to threaten to injure an officer of the United States.
Langley faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
According to court documents, while serving a state prison
sentence for armed robbery, Langley mailed a letter to an Assistant United
States Attorney. In his letter, Langley threatened to kill the prosecutor as
revenge for his having prosecuted Langley’s “brother.” He also made serious
threats against the prosecutor’s family. When interviewed by federal agents,
Langley admitted that he had sent the letter and intended to carry out his
threats. He explained that the letter’s mention of a “brother” did not refer to
any biological brother, but rather a fellow gang member. Langley changed his
story after an agent told him that if a state prisoner commits, and is
convicted of, a federal crime, then the prisoner must serve his state sentence
and then the federal sentence. During a
second interview with agents, Langley claimed that he never intended to carry
out the threat and mistakenly had believed that threatening a federal official
would result in him being moved from state custody into federal custody.
This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Florida Department of
Corrections. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael
J. Coolican
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