CONGRESSMAN THREAT ARREST

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, FEDERAL AGENTS ARRESTED A DAYTON MAN ON CHARGES RELATED TO THREATENING TO KILL A UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN.
60-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY DORSEY WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY LEAVING A VOICEMAIL ON REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN'S MAIN OFFICE LINE, THREATENING TO KILL THE REPRESENTATIVE IF HE VOTED TO MAKE CUTS TO MEDICAID. HE THREATENED TO DECAPITATE THE CONGRESSMAN AND USED TERSE AND VULGAR LANGUAGE IN HIS MESSAGE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CONFIRMS THAT MAKING INTERSTATE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A THREAT TO INJURE IS A FEDERAL CRIME PUNISHABLE BY UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. FOLLOWING HIS ARREST, DORSEY APPEARED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN DAYTON YESTERDAY.