OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska inmate has been charged in a federal indictment with threatening President Barack Obama.
The indictment announced Thursday says 20-year-old Loren James Hamlin has been charged with making threats against the president.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha says Hamlin sent a letter from prison on Sept. 29 saying he would “track down” and kill the president.
The indictment does not say to whom the letter was sent, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said he could not give any details beyond what is in the indictment.
Online prison records show Hamlin began his 3-to-5 year sentence for burglary on Jan. 10 and is expected to be released on Sept. 1, 2013.
If convicted of the federal charge, Hamlin faces up to five years in federal prison.