A federal judge has sentenced 65-year-old Jay Allen Johnson to 32 months in federal prison and fined him $5,000 for threatening to kill Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan last year.
In one directed at Murkowski, he asked if she knows what happens when a .50-caliber bullet strikes a human head. In another, he threatened to burn down her properties and demanded that she resign or die.
“For Democracy to work, our public officials must be able to operate without fear or threats against them,” Kuhn said. “And that’s why this prosecution was so important. And we were very pleased with the significant sentence that Mr. Johnson received.” In November, Johnson pleaded not guilty to six charges related to his threats and being a felon in possession of firearms. But in January he changed his plea to guilty on two charges of threatening to kill the senators. As part of the plea deal, Johnson is prohibited from contacting either senator or their family or staff members. He was also required to forfeit seven firearms he and his wife kept at their home in Delta Junction. She was not charged.
Johnson has been held since his arrest at Fairbanks Correctional Center. Kuhn says the federal Bureau of Prisons will now determine when and where he’ll begin serving his sentence.KUAC is our partner station in Fairbanks. KTOO collaborates with partners across the state to cover important news and to share stories with our audiences.Get notifications about news related to the topics you care about. You can unsubscribe anytime.
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