Tallahassee男子以1美元一笔付款附威胁信息跟踪他人 在联邦法院认罪
美国司法部佛罗里达北区联邦检察官办公室宣布，位于佛罗里达州利昂县 Tallahassee 市的33岁男子 Matthew D. Weger 已在联邦法院对跨州跟踪罪认罪。联邦检察官 John P. Heekin 公布了认罪结果。
据法庭文件，执法部门接到一名人士的线索，称对 Weger 针对执法人员作出的威胁性言论感到担忧。执法人员与该人士面谈后得知，Weger 至少在2023年12月14日至2024年6月25日期间持续跟踪此人，多次留下带有死亡威胁内容的留言与语音信息。对方多次要求他停止联系未果，封锁其号码后，他仍能继续留下语音信息。
文件显示，Weger 还通过 Cash App 以每笔1美元的方式向对方发送附有威胁信息的付款，总额约2,000美元，每一笔付款都附带一条威胁信息。Heekin 表示，这次起诉确保被告将为其数月间作出的多项刑事威胁承担责任，其办公室会积极起诉任何超出宪法保护言论界限、越线构成刑事威胁的行为。
Weger 面临最高5年监禁，量刑定于2027年2月5日下午1时在 Tallahassee 市由联邦地区法官 T. Kent Wetherell II 主持。此案由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）、联邦调查局（FBI）与 Tallahassee 警察局联合调查，助理联邦检察官 Eric Welch 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部佛罗里达北区联邦检察官办公室）
Tallahassee Man Pleads Guilty to Interstate Stalking After Sending Threats With $1 Cash App Payments
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that Matthew D. Weger, 33, of Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida, has pleaded guilty in federal court to interstate stalking. United States Attorney John P. Heekin announced the plea.
According to court documents, law enforcement received a tip from an individual regarding concerns about threatening statements Weger had made against law enforcement officers. Officers interviewed the individual and learned that Weger had been stalking the individual from at least December 14, 2023, through June 25, 2024, leaving threatening messages and voicemails, including threats to kill. Weger refused to stop calling and messaging, and after the individual blocked his number, he was still able to leave voicemails.
The documents also show that Weger sent threatening messages to the individual through Cash App as messages accompanying online payments, sending approximately $2,000 in $1 increments in total, each payment accompanied by a threatening message. Heekin said the prosecution ensures Weger will be held accountable for the numerous criminal threats he made toward the victim over several months, and that his office will aggressively prosecute anyone whose behavior exceeds the limits of constitutionally protected speech and crosses the line into criminal threats.
Weger faces up to five years' imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for February 5, 2027, at 1:00 p.m. before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II in Tallahassee. The case was investigated jointly by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Tallahassee Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Welch. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida)
来源：美国司法部佛罗里达北区联邦检察官办公室
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