MIAMI – A Dawn gentleman faces up to five many years in federal prison for threatening election workers throughout the August 2022 major.
Joshua David Lubitz, 38, pleaded responsible Wednesday in Miami federal court to threatening election employees, according to courtroom files. His sentencing is scheduled for July 25.
In accordance to court docket files, Lubitz was at a Dawn Senior Centre polling station final August when he was read counting election workers and indicating, “Need to I destroy them one by one particular, or need to I blow the area up?” Lubitz was also heard indicating, “My dad would appreciate this it would be simple,” as perfectly as, “This would be nice and sweet.”
As Lubitz drove away from the polling site, he prolonged his arm toward two poll employees and created a threatening gesture toward them with his hand, prosecutors mentioned.
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