Kevin P. Davidson, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama
Montgomery, Ala. – A Brewton man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for threatening a district attorney. Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson for the Middle District of Alabama announced the sentence on April 28, 2025.
William Terry Holmes, aged 54, was sentenced by a federal judge in Mobile to 60 months after pleading guilty to mailing a threatening communication. The sentence, the maximum under the federal statute, will run consecutively to Holmes’s current state prison term with the Alabama Department of Corrections. Holmes must also pay $26,185.70 in restitution.
According to documents and Holmes's plea agreement, the threat followed the conviction of Holmes's alleged associate for the killing of a police officer. On March 19, 2024, while an inmate serving a state sentence, Holmes sent a letter to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case. The letter included the statement, “I am personally writing you to inform you we know where you live.” It identified Holmes as affiliated with a white supremacist group and threatened the district attorney and judge with death.
Agents interviewed Holmes on March 22, 2024. Holmes admitted to writing the letter, claiming associates were watching the district attorney. Security measures were enacted to protect the district attorney and family. Holmes entered a guilty plea on January 28, 2025.
Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson stated, “No one who serves the cause of justice, or the families of those who serve, should ever be threatened for doing their job. Our system depends on the courage of prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officers. Threats against them are attacks on the rule of law itself and cannot be tolerated.”
Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley added, “There is no place in our justice system for threats of violence – especially leveled at officers of the court. The FBI is committed to ensuring those who serve justice can do so without fear and will hold offenders accountable.”
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Mobile Field Office with help from the United States Marshals Service and the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. Prosecuting the case was Assistant United States Attorney J. Patrick Lamb from the Middle District of Alabama.
