Current:Home > InvestNew Hampshire man admits leaving threatening voicemail for Rep. Matt Gaetz -MarketLink
New Hampshire man admits leaving threatening voicemail for Rep. Matt Gaetz
View
Date:2025-04-12 11:13:53
Washington — A New Hampshire resident pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after he left a voicemail message at the Washington, D.C., office of a member of Congress in March, according to court documents. That lawmaker was Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Allan Poller admitted Thursday that he was the individual who said over the phone, "if you keep on coming for the gays, we're gonna strike back…We will kill you if that's what it takes."
The 24-year-old was charged in March and court documents did not name the member of Congress targeted.
Prosecutors alleged Poller said on the message to Gaetz, "I will take a bullet to your f
veryGood! (1941)
Related
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- Seaweed blob headed to Florida that smells like rotten eggs shrinks beyond expectation
- Woman stuck in mud for days found alive
- After brief pause, Federal Reserve looks poised to raise interest rates again
- Trump's 'stop
- Q&A: A Human Rights Expert Hopes Covid-19, Climate Change and Racial Injustice Are a ‘Wake-Up Call’
- It was a bloodbath: Rare dialysis complication can kill patients in minutes — and more could be done to stop it
- Q&A: A Human Rights Expert Hopes Covid-19, Climate Change and Racial Injustice Are a ‘Wake-Up Call’
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- Warming Trends: The Top Plastic Polluter, Mother-Daughter Climate Talk and a Zero-Waste Holiday
Ranking
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- Power Companies vs. the Polar Vortex: How Did the Grid Hold Up?
- As Warming Oceans Bring Tough Times to California Crab Fishers, Scientists Say Diversifying is Key to Survival
- Kristin Davis Shares Where She Stands on Kim Cattrall Drama Amid Her And Just Like That Return
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- ‘We Will Be Waiting’: Tribe Says Keystone XL Construction Is Not Welcome
- Trump May Approve Strip Mining on Tennessee’s Protected Cumberland Plateau
- Proof Jennifer Coolidge Is Ready to Check Into a White Lotus Prequel
Recommendation
US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
Why the Ozempic Conversation Has Become Unavoidable: Breaking Down the Controversy
Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero suspended for rest of 2023 season for violating MLB's domestic violence policy
In a Growing Campaign to Criminalize Widespread Environmental Destruction, Legal Experts Define a New Global Crime: ‘Ecocide’
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits
A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms
How the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling could impact corporate recruiting