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Lawrence (KS) Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman
« on: January 20, 2023, 04:06:21 pm »
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Lawrence Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal jury convicted a Kansas man today for making death threats against a United States congressman.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence was found guilty of one count of threatening to murder U.S. Representative Jake LaTurner of Kansas.

Neill is scheduled to be sentenced on April 11, 2023 at 9 a.m. and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Capitol Police investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Skip Jacobs and Steve Hunting are prosecuting the case.
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Re: Lawrence (KS) Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2023, 04:08:21 pm »
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A federal court jury convicted a Kansas man who insisted that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner was a message from God, amid what authorities have said is a sharp rise in threats against members of Congress and their families.

Jurors found Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence, guilty of a single count of threatening a U.S. government official. The presiding judge instructed jurors that to find Neill guilty, they had to conclude that a reasonable person would find that he had made a true threat and intended to either intimidate LaTurner or interfere with his work as a Republican congressman representing eastern Kansas.

Neill acted as his own attorney and cross-examined LaTurner on the witness stand Wednesday. Neill testified Thursday that he was a messenger from God and he passed along a message from God threatening LaTurner for ignoring concerns about sorcery, wizards, extraterrestrials and a war for people’s souls. ...
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While crazy, it does not appear he was Antifacrazy.
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Re: Lawrence (KS) Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2023, 05:18:13 pm »
Just reading the article I figured  U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner was a republican because they didn't point out his affiliation, if he was a democrat we would see it remarked on several times. There was however this inserted into the article for no good reason as well as misrepresenting what actually occurred:

Threats against members of Congress have increased since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In October, an intruder severely beat former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in their San Francisco home.

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Re: Lawrence (KS) Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2023, 01:49:41 am »
NY Post

While crazy, it does not appear he was Antifacrazy.
FBI profiler John Douglas who studied and interviewed numerous serial killers and murderers didn't consider anybody really crazy unless they were actually chewing the wallpaper or doing obvious crazy things. He knew too many of them who were liars and con artists who would say anything to get  a lighter prison sentence.