(Reuters) – A Nevada man who prosecutors say threatened a state elections employee has been arrested by the FBI as a part of a federal job power investigating what the U.S. Justice Division has referred to as a wave of such crimes.
Gjergi Luke Juncaj, 50, was taken into custody in Las Vegas on Wednesday and made an preliminary courtroom look within the case on Thursday in U.S. District Courtroom, the Justice Division mentioned in a written assertion.
Juncaj was charged with 4 federal counts of creating threatening cellphone calls. He faces a most of two years in jail if convicted at trial.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Juncaj had retained a protection lawyer.
Justice Division officers say they’re investigating dozens of comparable circumstances below a job power introduced final June, shortly after Reuters printed the primary in a collection https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-georgia-threats of investigative experiences documenting threats towards election staff.
A Texas man was charged final week with making violent threats towards Georgia election and authorities officers.
Prosecutors accuse Chad Christopher Stark of Leander, Texas, with posting a Craigslist message on Jan. 5, 2021 entitled, “Georgia Patriots it’s time to kill.”
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb)
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