Ohio man charged for threatening district attorney in New Mexico

AND TUNE IN FOR MORE IN THE MORNING FOR UPDATED ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL ARREST AFFIDAVIT, THE DONA ANA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RECEIVED A RACIALLY CHARGED VOICEMAIL OVER THE PHONE AND NOW A MAN IS BEING CHARGED FOR MAKING THOSE THREATS. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JOHN CARNEY IS HERE TO TELL US THE SUSPECT ISN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T EVEN FROM NEW MEXICO. YEAH, THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S RIGHT. SHELLY. DOUG, THE FBI SAYS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE CALLER WHO LIVES IN LODI, OHIO. SO WHAT PROMPTED THE ALLEGED CALL FOR MORE THAN 1600 MILES AWAY? TURNS OUT IT WAS POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO ON OCTOBER THIRD, 2023, AT 4:45 A.M., TERESA GOMEZ WAS IN HER CAR AND WAS APPROACHED BY LAS CRUCES POLICE OFFICER FELIPE HERNANDEZ. ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. OFFICER HERNANDEZ ASKS GOMEZ TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND TELLS HER THE MAN INSIDE HER VEHICLE IS TRESPASSING ON THE PROPERTY. SO HE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S GOING TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. LET바카라 게임 웹사이트�S NOT MAKE THIS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE I WILL I WILL REALLY, REALLY MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL. THE ENCOUNTER EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DEATH OF GOMEZ. STOP, STOP. OFFICER HERNANDEZ HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME RELATED TO GOMEZ바카라 게임 웹사이트�S DEATH. THIS WAS A CASE OUT OF LAS CRUCES. IT WENT VIRAL ONLINE. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE SEEING IT, AND APPARENTLY IT IT GOT THIS ONE PERSON IN OHIO. SO ANGRY THAT HE DECIDED TO BREAK THE LAW. AND THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S WHAT HAPPENED ACCORDING TO THIS FEDERAL AFFIDAVIT. IT CLAIMS ON OCTOBER 26TH, DONA ANA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GERALD BYERS RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL ABOUT THE CASE. THE FBI TRACKED DOWN A MAN IN OHIO WHO HAD APPARENTLY USED THE TELEPHONE TO CALL THE DEA AND LAS CRUCES GERALD BYERS, AND MADE SOME VERY SPECIFIC THREATS, USED VERY EXPLICIT RACIAL LANGUAGE AND MADE THREATS ABOUT PUTTING THE DA IN A NOOSE. THE FBI SAYS THEY TRACKED THE CALL TO LODI, OHIO, AND THEY ARE NOW CHARGING DONALD FOWLER WITH TRANSMITTING THREATS ACROSS STATE LINES. WE ASKED KOAT LEGAL EXPERT JOHN DA IF THE CASE COULD ALSO BE INVESTIGATED AS A HATE CRIME. A HATE CRIME UNDER FEDERAL LAW IS A CRIME THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S MOTIVATED BY HATRED, BIAS OR PREJUDICE TOWARDS ANYBODY BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR, OF THEIR RELIGION, THEIR RACE, THEIR GENDER. SO IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT THIS WOULD BE THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL HATE CRIME CHARGE? IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. WELL, WE REACHED OUT TO THE DONA ANA COUNTY DA바카라 게임 웹사이트�S OFFICE AND THEY REFERRED US TO THE US ATTORNEY바카라 게임 웹사이트�S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO. THEY TOLD US THEY CAN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T COMMENT ON PENDING INVESTIGATIONS. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M JOHN CARDINELLI REPORTING KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. JOHN DA SAYS THREATS LIKE THIS

According to a federal arrest affidavit, the Dona Ana County district attorney received a racially charged voicemail over the phone, and now a man is being charged for making those threats. But the call didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t come from New Mexico. The FBI said they were able to track down the caller, who lives in Ohio. So, what prompted the alleged call from more than 1,600 miles away? Turns out it was police body camera video. On Oct. 3, 2023, at 4:45 a.m. Teresa Gomez was in her car and was approached by Las Cruces Police Officer Felipe Hernandez. Hernandez asks Gomez to step out of the car and tells her the man inside her vehicle is trespassing on the property. So, he's going to investigate. The encounter eventually led to the death of Gomez. Hernandez has not been charged with any crime related to Gomez's death. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This was a case out of Las Cruces. It went viral online. People all over the country were seeing it. And apparently, it had that got one person in Ohio so angry that he decided to break the law,바카라 게임 웹사이트� KOAT Legal Expert John Day said. A federal affidavit claims on Oct. 26, Dona Ana County District Attorney Gerald Byers received a voicemail about the case. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The FBI tracked down a man in Ohio who had apparently used the telephone to call the DA of Las Cruces Gerald Byers and made some specific threats, used very explicit racial language, and made threats about putting the D.A. in a noose,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Day said. The FBI said they tracked the call to Lodi, Ohio, and they are now charging Donald Fowler with transmitting threats across state lines. We asked Day if the case could also be investigated as a hate crime. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�A hate crime under federal law is a crime that's motivated by hatred, bias, prejudice towards anybody because of their skin color, their religion, their race, or gender. So, is it possible that there could be an additional hate crime charge? It's certainly possible,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Day said. We reached out to the Dona Ana County DA's office, they referred us to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico. They told us they cannot comment on pending investigations. Day said threats like this are not common in New Mexico. Fowler faces up to five years in a federal prison.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

According to a federal arrest affidavit, the Dona Ana County district attorney received a racially charged voicemail over the phone, and now a man is being charged for making those threats.

But the call didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t come from New Mexico.

The FBI said they were able to track down the caller, who lives in Ohio.

So, what prompted the alleged call from more than 1,600 miles away?

Turns out it was police body camera video.

On Oct. 3, 2023, at 4:45 a.m. Teresa Gomez was in her car and was approached by Las Cruces Police Officer Felipe Hernandez.

Hernandez asks Gomez to step out of the car and tells her the man inside her vehicle is trespassing on the property. So, he's going to investigate.

The encounter eventually led to the death of Gomez.

Hernandez has not been charged with any crime related to Gomez's death.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�This was a case out of Las Cruces. It went viral online. People all over the country were seeing it. And apparently, it had that got one person in Ohio so angry that he decided to break the law,바카라 게임 웹사이트� KOAT Legal Expert John Day said.

A federal affidavit claims on Oct. 26, Dona Ana County District Attorney Gerald Byers received a voicemail about the case.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The FBI tracked down a man in Ohio who had apparently used the telephone to call the DA of Las Cruces Gerald Byers and made some specific threats, used very explicit racial language, and made threats about putting the D.A. in a noose,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Day said.

The FBI said they tracked the call to Lodi, Ohio, and they are now charging Donald Fowler with transmitting threats across state lines.

We asked Day if the case could also be investigated as a hate crime.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�A hate crime under federal law is a crime that's motivated by hatred, bias, prejudice towards anybody because of their skin color, their religion, their race, or gender. So, is it possible that there could be an additional hate crime charge? It's certainly possible,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Day said.

We reached out to the Dona Ana County DA's office, they referred us to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico. They told us they cannot comment on pending investigations.

Day said threats like this are not common in New Mexico.

Fowler faces up to five years in a federal prison.

Ohio man charged for threatening district attorney in New Mexico

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