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CBS News
29-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Colorado man sentenced after pleading guilty to threatening election officials
A Colorado man was sentenced to three years and one month in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty last fall to threatening election officials and other government employees. Teak Ty Brockbank of Cortez pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2024 to sending an interstate threat. Prosecutors said Brockbank made several threats, some of them violent, toward election officials in Colorado and Arizona, a Colorado state judge, and federal law enforcement agents in 2021 and 2022. One image contained in a federal indictment against Teak Brockbank appears to show the Cortez, Colorado man shooting a rifle. Brockbank pleaded guilty to threatening election officials. U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado He could have faced up to five years in prison when the judge sentenced him to 37 months in the Bureau of Prisons and three years supervised release once he is released from prison. Brockbank was also ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victim Fund.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
US Attorney's Office in north GA collects $72M+ for crime victims in 2024
Crime didn't pay in North Georgia in 2024. According to acting U.S. Attorney Richard S. Moultrie, Jr., the Northern District of Georgia was responsible for collections and forfeitures totaling over $72 million during the 2024 Fiscal Year. The office collected more than $36 million through the district's Financial Litigation Program, which collects civil and criminal debts, fines, and penalties for victims of crime. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Over $14 million in restitution, fines, and assessments were taken from defendants in criminal cases. Criminal fines and assessments paid by defendants go into the Department of Justice's Crime Victim Fund, which then distributes that money to federal and state programs that compensate and assist victims. Over $21 million was collected during the year in affirmative civil enforcement cases. Those cases recover government money lost to fraud or other misconduct, or to collect fines imposed over violations of federal health care, safety, or environmental laws and controlled substance regulations. TRENDING STORIES: Man killed in 'domestic-related' shooting at Gwinnett hotel 19-year-old seen 'dancing provocatively' above disabled person in viral video 'Nobody had cars': Drivers frustrated as car rental chaos ensues at Atlanta airport [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
