Maine Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Making Interstate Threats on Social Media
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine announced that Blake Tibbetts, 25, of Cornish, Maine, was sentenced on November 4, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Portland for transmitting a threatening interstate communication. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Tibbetts to 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Tibbetts pleaded guilty on April 27, 2026.
According to court records, Tibbetts made a post on the social platform X in which he used a racial epithet in an angry exchange with another X user and threatened to pay "a visit VERY soon" to the user's "kind," sending "them" his "condolences."
The FBI, the Maine State Police, and the Office of the Maine State Fire Marshal investigated the case. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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