'I'm gonna hurt you. Physically, I’m gonna harm you.”
— fake emergency calls to 911 operators, who often dispatch armed SWAT teams in violent situations.Joseph F. Morelli admitted that he called the congresswoman's Washington, D.C. office on March 3, 2022, saying: "I'm gonna have to take your life into my own hands… I'm gonna hurt you. Physically, I’m gonna harm you.”
Prosecutors said Morelli, 51, from Endicott, left a voicemail message later that day that said he would "have to show you, to your face, right up front, what violence truly is, and I don't think you're gonna like it." "I can pay someone 500 bucks to take a baseball bat and crack your skull. …You are going to get physically hurt," he added in the message, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office statement.
Prosecutors said he left a third message later that day that said Green would "cause people to get hurt, so I'm gonna have to hurt you physically. … I'm gonna make sure that, even if they lock me up, someone's gonna get you ‘cause I'll pay them to."He faces up to five years in prison with a three-year supervised release and $250,000 in fines, per the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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