PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Regis L. Walker, 31, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today, after pleading guilty on Jan. 17, 2017, to mailing threatening communications. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
In June 2016, Walker mailed a threatening letter on notebook paper to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, addressed to the sheriff. In the letter, Walker claimed several people who had joined ISIS would simultaneously attack military bases, beaches, and schools at a nonspecific time and could not be stopped by law enforcement officers. Walker made specific reference to the attack in Orlando, Florida, that killed approximately 50 people. Walker wrote that the attackers planned on “not giving up," and that they “plan on dying." He appeared to sign the note as “ISIS ALLAH."
This case resulted from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Assistant United States Attorney David L. Goldberg prosecuted the case.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
