Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening President
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening President
A 21-year-old Texas man accused of threatening President Barack Obama has pleaded guilty to a charge of making threats by 3-mail
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DENVER (May 5, 2009)--A Texas man has pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama and the Mall of America in Minneapolis.

Timothy Ryan Gutierrez, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge of making threats by e-mail.

Prosecutors dropped a charge of threatening to use an explosive in exchange for his plea.

Gutierrez, who’s from Andrews, was accused of sending the e-mails from his brother's Cortez, Colo. home to the FBI a week before Mr. Obama's inauguration.

Gutierrez claimed the e-mails were a prank.

Gutierrez could face up to 18 months in prison at his July 31 sentencing, his attorney said.

Gutierrez has been in custody since surrendering to authorities on Jan. 29.


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Posted by: SandraB Location: Temple on May 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM

This reminds me of the signs at airports saying that they do not take threats lightly, and do not consider them jokes. I wouldn't think the FBI would take a threat lightly either. Dumb to make a threat, even dumber to send it to the FBI.
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Posted by: Rachel Location: Temple on May 5, 2009 at 06:48 PM

Now here is a guy with an IQ of maybe 60. Dumber than dumb. A prank, oh, please. Be more original than that
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Posted by: Me Location: Here on May 5, 2009 at 02:28 PM

What an idiot. Not only sending threatening emails but sending them to the FBI. L-O-S-E-R. Just hopeless.
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