Date: 10-09-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Donald Walter Flower

Case Number: 2:23-CR-1844

Judge: Kenneth J. Gonzalez

Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Dona Ana County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in Las Cruces

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Description:

Las Cruces, New Mexico interstate threats charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.

18 U.S.C. § 875 is a federal law that prohibits the transmission of interstate or foreign communications that contain threats:

Threatening to kidnap or injure someone
Threatening to injure someone's property or reputation
Threatening to accuse someone of a crime
Demanding or requesting ransom or a reward for the release of a kidnapped person

The penalties for these offenses include fines, imprisonment, or both. The maximum sentence for threatening to kidnap or injure someone is five years in prison. The maximum sentence for threatening to injure someone's property or reputation, or threatening to accuse someone of a crime, is two years in prison.
If you are experiencing online abuse, you can report it to your local law enforcement and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). However, federal law enforcement only opens cases for extreme cyber crimes.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 3 years probation with special condictions, filed $1,000, and assessed $100.00.

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