A man was sentenced to prison last week for making threats against law enforcement online.
Dustin McCaskill was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Thursday in the U.S. District Court of Nevada for making death threats to FBI agents and officers in Carter County, Oklahoma and Colorado Springs on his anti-police "Cop Block" Facebook pages, according to KTEN-TV.
The 33-year-old also received three years of supervised release in which he will have restricted computer access, regular drug tests and mental health evaluations.
McCaskill pleaded guilty June 30 to interstate communications with intent to extort, agreeing to waive his rights to a trial, according to The Daily Ardmoreite.
Court documents showed that McCaskill's admission of guilt included "knowingly" disseminating messages containing threats to injure law enforcement officers on a Facebook page he operated under "Colorado Cop Block."
His posts included, "I'm going to advocate the death of police and the FBI and the police are going to watch me do it. Speaking of advocating death if someone was to gun this Oklahoma officer down, I will be the first to donate to his defense fund."
He also posted" "Let's do this one more time. I'll kill an FBI agent or foot soldier if they come at me .. . .Now, come arrest me you ******* cowards. I just made a threat. I'm going to be the pigs' worst nightmare. Come get me."
McCaskill had been detained by federal authorities since he was arrested by FBI agents outside a Las Vegas casino where he was staying Jan. 15. Officials said he used his room at the casino to post threats to his Facebook account on Jan. 11, Jan. 13 and again Jan. 15.
The case originated in Colorado Springs where McCaskill had been living and where he was operating several "Cop Block" Facebook sites.
