Man pleads guilty to threatening Michigan 911 dispatcher

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A person who made greater than 140 calls to 911 and threatened the dispatcher has pleaded responsible.

Jonathan Joshua Munafo pleaded responsible Wednesday, Might 25 to at least one rely of speaking a risk in interstate commerce within the U.S. District Courtroom, Western District of Michigan. He dedicated the Michigan crime on Jan. 5, 2021. He additionally faces expenses linked to his actions the following day, Jan. 6, 2021, on the rebel.

Two expenses, interstate threatening communications and interstate harassing phone calls, stemming from the Michigan incident can be dismissed at his sentencing.

Man linked to Capitol rebel, threatening calls to 911 dispatchers in Michigan discovered mentally competent

Munafo made about 143 calls to the Calhoun County 911 dispatch on Jan. 5, 2021, he admitted within the responsible plea. He didn’t have an emergency and demanded to talk to legislation enforcement.

When the dispatcher refused to switch him, Munafo threatened her and her household. He stated, “B—- I’m gonna reduce your throat. I’m gonna make you eat your f—ing nostril,” based on court docket paperwork.

He additionally advised the dispatcher he would come to her door after the “Rebellion Act.”

Munafo is accused of collaborating within the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. He faces 10 felonies associated to that.

He’s accused of punching a U.S. Capitol Police officer, utilizing a flagpole to aim to interrupt home windows on the U.S. Capitol and stealing a riot defend, in accordance the FBI’s assertion of information.

Munafo made the calls to the Calhoun County 911 from a truck cease in North Carolina, cellphone location knowledge exhibits, a information launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace Western District of Michigan stated.

He faces a most of 5 years in jail for speaking a risk in interstate commerce. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 6.

Previous to pleading responsible, Munafo was discovered mentally competent. He’s in federal custody pending his sentence and the result of the costs from Jan. 6.

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