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A Florida man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice last year, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, of Fernandina Beach, pleaded guilty Dec. 15 to transmitting an interstate threat, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida said. He had faced up to five years. On July 31, Sidhwaney called the U.S.
In the voicemail, Sidhwaney warned that if the justice alerted deputy U.S. Marshals, he would “come kill you anyway,” according to court documents. The documents did not indicate what prompted Sidhwaney’s threats. A federal public defender who represented Sidhwaney declined to comment Tuesday. Weeks after his August arrest, a federal magistrate judge ordered a competency hearing for Sidhwaney.
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