A Wayne County, Missouri, man was sentenced on June 24 to a year and a day in prison after making threats against Social Security Administration employees in 2025. Timothy Wells Stevens, 57, will also serve two years of supervised release following his prison term.
According to court documents, Stevens made two threatening phone calls on Oct. 1, 2025. In the first call with an employee in Pennsylvania regarding his payment status, Stevens said, “I’m commin’ gunning for you all.” When informed that threats are taken seriously by the agency, he responded: “No, I am going gunnin’ trust me, and I’m going to blow up every (expletive) office around here.”
About thirty minutes later, Stevens called again and reached an employee in California. During this call he said: “Cause I’m telling you now, if I have to sell my place I’ve owned for 17 years and go live under a bridge, I’m hunting every last one of you (expletives) down and I’m gonna blow you up,” as stated in his plea agreement.
Stevens pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to two counts of transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce. The Federal Protective Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case while Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Willis prosecuted it.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri investigates and prosecutes federal crimes—including cases involving threats—and enforces civil rights across its jurisdiction covering 49 counties using courthouses such as those located in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau; it operates under the United States Department of Justice and works with various entities to prevent crime and improve quality of life, according to the official website.