SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to five years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sending threatening Facebook messages to a judge.
The Sulphur Springs News-Telegram reported that Robert Alan Hawkins was found guilty and sentenced by a visiting judge this week. Hawkins was charged after sending several threatening Facebook messages to District Judge Eddie Northcutt in December 2016 and January 2017 including a picture of ISIS soldiers about to execute hostages and a comment that this was the "next step."
Hawkins had previously sent letters to Northcutt saying the judge and Hopkins County, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northeast of Dallas, were corrupt.
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Hawkins said he sent the messages to force the county to arrest him so he could expose the corruption during his trial.