This image provided by the Department of Homeland Security shows a handwritten letter that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed an immigrant threatened the life of President Donald Trump. Department of Homeland Security via AP, File
MADISON, Wis.—A judge on Friday sentenced to 16.5 years in prison a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a scheme to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
A Milwaukee County jury in January convicted 52-year-old Demetric DeShawn Scott of felony identity theft, witness intimidation, bail jumping and reckless endangerment. Judge Kristy Yang sentenced him to a year and six months behind bars on the identity theft count, five years on the intimidation count and 10 years on the endangerment count. She sentenced him to 882 days already served on the bail jumping charge.