Westerville man sentenced to 40 months for death threats to U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers
A Westerville man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for threatening to assault U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers.
Westerville man sentenced to 40 months for death threats to U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers A Westerville man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for threatening to assault U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers. Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: https://ohne.ws/2rDv0tt
Chillicothe Gazette Published 2:41 p.m. ET May 11, 2018
Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio(Photo: Submitted photo)
COLUMBUS - A Westerville man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for threatening to assault U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers.
E. Stanley Hoff, 69, pleaded guilty in October on charges related to a series of threatening voicemails left at Stiver's Hillard office between February and June 2017.
Examples of messages according to federal prosecutors was one left in March 2017 to "Leave Obamacare alone or die," and another in June 2017 Hoff referenced the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity shooting calling it "only the tip of the iceberg" and maybe the "next one taken down will be" Stivers.
"Hoff threatened the Congressman and his family because the Congressman was not legislating according to Hoff's political views," said U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman. "That is unacceptable in our society. Peaceful political argument or banter is one thing, but Hoff's conduct was a far cry from that. Threatening to assault or murder a United States official on account of that official's performance of his or her duties is a serious federal crime — regardless of political party or views."
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