A state social group worker in Philadelphia was threatening to kill and “skin dead” him on Monday while trying to recruit poll monitors ahead of the 2024 election.
The U.S. Department of Justice revealed in a press release that 62-year-old John Pollard had sent” threatening text information to Victim 1″ on September 6. The Justice Department described the sufferer as” a member of a state social group who was recruiting standard poll watchers” before the November vote, despite the press release‘s lack of details.
The state social group employer, according to the Justice Department’s accusation, posted online on September 5 that they were looking for volunteers to “help see at the polls on Election Day” and gave their telephone number. The indictment says that Pollard allegedly texted the political party worker,” Hey]redacted]. I’m interested in being a poll watcher”, before sending multiple death threats.
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According to the Justice Department’s indictment, Pollard allegedly sent four text messages to the state political party worker between 10: 01 p. m. and 10: 11 p. m. on September 6. After claiming that he was “interested” in serving as a poll watcher in his first text, the 62-year-old sent a second message, saying,” I will KILL YOU IF YOU DON’T ANSWER ME”! Pollard also sent two follow-up messages, saying,” Your days are numbered, B-TC H”! and” Gonna F-Cking F-CKING KKK-NT”!” Gonna F-Cking F-Cking F-CKING FIND YOU AND SKIN YOU ALIVE AND USE YOUR SKIN FOR F-CKING TOILET PAPER”!
The Philadelphia man is accused of sending a communication containing a real threat of harm to another, such as a letter that Pollard threatened to kill and skin alive Victim 1, with the intention to communicate a true threat of violence, with knowledge that the communication would be viewed as a true threat of violence, and with carelessness as to whether the communication would be viewed as a true threat of violence.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pittsburg Field Office is currently looking into Pollard’s case, according to a press release from Monday. If Pollard is found guilty of the crime of transmitting interstate threats, he could face a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison, according to the press release.