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Harrisburg man sentenced for threat

HARRISBURG — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas West, 44, of Harrisburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for sending an interstate communication containing a threat. West had been in custody for over five months and was sentenced to time-served and a 1-year term of supervised release.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, West previously admitted that on Feb. 9, he sent a series of emails to the Office of Personnel Management threatening to kill and injure employees and their relatives. In one email, West threatened to show up at an Office of Personnel Management office “with an A.R. 15 assault rifle that’s been converted to fully automatic.”

The case was investigated by the Federal Protective Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli prosecuted the case.

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