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    A 28-year-old man from Syracuse, NY was arrested and charged with interstate communication of a threat and threatening a federal official for leaving a threatening voicemail for Congressman John Katko regarding net neutrality. The voicemail threatened to find and kill the Congressman and his family if he did not support net neutrality. Security for the Congressman was increased following the threat. The man is being held pending a detention hearing.

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    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    United States Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.


    Western District of New York

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barbara Burns


    NOVEMBER 29, 2017 PHONE: (716) 843-5817
    www.usdoj.gov/usao/nyw FAX #: (716) 551-3051

    SYRACUSE MAN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH THREATENING


    DEATH AGAINST A NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN AND HIS FAMILY
     
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -  U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that
    Patrick D. Angelo, 28, of Syracuse, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint
    with interstate communication of a threat, and threatening a federal official. The charges
    carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.

    According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring of the U.S. Attorney’s


    Office for the Western District of New York in Rochester, the criminal complaint alleges
    that on Thursday, October 19, 2017, the Washington D.C. office of New York
    Congressman John Katko received a threatening voice mail that included a death threat to
    the Congressman and his family.

    The message stated: “Listen Mr. Katko, if you support net neutrality, I will support
    you. But if you don’t support net neutrality, I will find you and your family and I will
    kill…you…all. Do you understand?” The message continued: “I will literally find
    all…of…you and your progeny and t- just wipe you from the face of the earth. Net neutrality
    is more important than the defense of the United States. Net neutrality is more important
    than free speech. Net neutrality is more important than health care. Net neutrality is
    literally the basis of the new society. That even if you don’t understand, how important it
    is, net neutrality is literally the basis of the new…free…society. So if you don’t support it,
    I am willing to lay down my li- (recording ends).”

    Congressman Katko’s office reported the voicemail to the United States Capitol
    Police, Threat Assessment Section, which began an investigation in coordination with the
    Federal Bureau of Investigation. The telephone number that the call originated from traced
    back to the defendant.

    “While citizens are certainly entitled to communicate their views on issues of


    importance to them to their elected officials, there are and must be bounds to the manner
    in which such views may be expressed, said U.S. Attorney Kennedy. “We will respond
    aggressively to those who overstep those bounds and seek to influence the making of
    Federal policies and legislation by making threats to the lives of those entrusted with such
    tasks and their families.”

    As a result of the threat, security surrounding Congressman Katko was increased.


    Since Congressman Katko formerly served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern
    District of New York, that Office was recused, and the case is being prosecuted by the
    United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.

    Angelo made an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge
    Therese Wiley Dancks and is being held pending a detention hearing on December 1, 2017
    at 2:00 p.m.

    The criminal complaint is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of


    Investigation, under the direction of Vadim Thomas, Special Agent-in-Charge, Albany
    Office, the New York State Police, under the Major Philip T. Rougeux, and the United
    States Capitol Police, under the direction of Matthew R. Verderosa.   

    The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and
    the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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