Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza
today sentenced Robert Pratersch (58, Kissimmee) to 15 months in federal prison
for threatening a federal official and interstate transmission of a threat to
injure. A federal jury had found Pratersch guilty on April 30, 2019.
According to court documents, 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, the Federal Air Marshals Service, and the United States Capitol
Police. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Vincent S. Chiu.
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