A Utah man was arrested on Friday and charged with threatening a Palestinian rights organization, officials stated.
According to court documents, between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, Kevin Brent Buchanan, of Tooele, called the organization and left at least five voice messages stating, in part, “You’re the enemy,” “You’re being catalogued,” “You’re gonna die” and “You’re dead people walking.”
Buchanan is charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a communication containing a threat to injure the person of another.
If convicted, Buchanan faces up to five years in prison and a fine not to exceed $250,000. Buchanan is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The FBI Washington Field Office investigated the case, with significant assistance from the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
Trial Attorney Sanjay Patel of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower for the District of Columbia’s Fraud, Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section are prosecuting the case.