Texas man convicted of threatening to kill Secret Service agents and their families—
article (Source: Lubbock County Jail)
LUBBOCK, Texas – A federal jury has convicted a Lubbock man who threatened to kill two U.S. Secret Service agents and their families in an online post.
TristanReneLangston,37,wasfoundguiltyThursdayoftransmittingthreatsininterstatecommerceandthreateningafederallawenforcementofficer.Hefacesamaximumof15yearsinfederalprisonandisscheduledtobesentencedonNov.6.
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Accordingtoevidencepresentedduringhisfour-daytrial,LangstonpostedamessageonX,formerlyTwitter,inFebruarythatread,“2ndAmendmentinfulleffect.Gonnaslitthethroatsofagentsandtheirfamilies.”
ProsecutorssaidthethreatsweredirectedattwospecificagentswhohadpreviouslyinvestigatedaseparateonlinethreatLangstonmadein2023.
Overthenextseveralmonths,hetargetedoneoftheagentsandhisfamilyinadditionalonlineposts.EvidencealsoshowedLangstonkeptvideosandnotesonhiscellphoneexpressingangerandresentmenttowardt
