New York Man Charged For Threatening To Kill Federal Officials

Lawrence Mulqueen, 49, charged with one count of threatening to kill federal officials and one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
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A man from Nanuet, N.Y., is facing both federal and state charges after making numerous threats against members of Congress and other public officials in Facebook posts this month. 

“I think what may have particularly have gotten his ire in the past month or two were the various legislation enacted with respect to the rights to possess a firearm,” Clarkstown Police Sgt. Glenn Cummings told CBS New York last week. “I think that was particularly upsetting to him.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday that Lawrence Mulqueen, 49, had been charged with one count of threatening to kill federal officials and one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce. Mulqueen also faces a state charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Mulqueen was scheduled to appear in federal court in White Plains, N.Y. on Tuesday. He faces up to 15 years in prison on the federal charges, and a maximum of three and a half to seven years on the state charge. 

(AP Photo/Clarkstown Police Department)

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