Schuylkill County man indicted for threatening President Trump

A Schuylkill County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening to harm President Dondald J. Trump.

Shawn Christy, 27, McAdoo Borough, Schuylkill County, was indicted July 10 for threatening to harm President Trump and law enforcement officers, a news release issued by the Department of Justice says.

Christy is alleged to have posted threats on Facebook between June 3 and 12 saying that he was going to shoot President Trump in the head and that he “would use ‘lethal force’ on any law enforcement officer that attempts to detain him as a result of a bench warrant that was issued for him,” according to the news release.

The indictment also alleges that Christy threatened another person by posting, “You’re a dead man … Lets play.”

The threat to President Trump is under investigation by the Secret Service. The other threats are being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa is prosecuting the case, according to the news release.

The maximum penalty under federal law for each offense is five years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment and a fine.

However, under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the judge must weigh a number of other factors including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant, the news release says, so the statutory maximum penalty is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.