Bryan Jerry Ogstad, 60, of Cullman, used Instagram to send multiple threatening messages to the account run by Maricopa County Elections, prosecutors said.
Brian Ogstad, a 60-year-old Cullman man, sent this photo along with multiple threatening messages via Instagram to Maricopa County election officials in 2022.Brian Jerry Ogstad, 60, of Cullman, used Instagram to send multiple threatening messages tot he account run by Maricopa County Elections between Aug. 2, 2022 -- when Arizona held its primary elections -- and Aug. 4, 2022.
The messages included “You are so dead,” and one another contained a photo of Woody from “Toy Story” face down on the floor with a projectile in his back. Two days after the election, Ogstad wrote to the election officials, “ou people are so ducking stupid. Everyone knows you are lots , cheats, frauds and in doing so in relation to elections have committed treason. You will all be executed. Bang !”
U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi sentenced Ogstad to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.“In this election season we honor and respect those public servants who enable Americans to exercise their constitutional right to vote,” said U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino in a statement issued Tuesday. “And we seek to protect all election workers from intimidation and harassment.
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