CRIME
Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Supreme Court Justice
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A Florida man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced Monday.
Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, of Fernandina Beach, pleaded guilty last week in Jacksonville to transmitting an interstate threat to kill, U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced. Sidhwaney faces up to five years in federal prison. A date has not yet been scheduled for his sentencing.
On July 31, Sidhwaney called the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and left an expletive-laden, threatening voicemail message, according to court documents. He identified himself by name and threatened to kill a specific Supreme Court Justice, though that justice was not named in court documents.
Supreme Court of the United States Police – Protective Intelligence Unit investigated the voicemail with assistance from the United States Capitol Police – Threat Assessment Section.
According to court documents, Sidhwaney stated in the voicemail that if the justice called the U.S. Marshals, he would come kill you anyway.
In August, U.S. Magistrate Judge Monte C. Richardson ordered a competency hearing for Sidhwaney. According to his psychological evaluation, Sidhwaney denied having psychotic symptoms, but “delusional thought processes became evident” during the examination. He was found to be competent enough to stand trial.
TMX contributed to this article.
