Stiles Unit Inmate Sentenced for Threatening the President
Posted/updated on: March 14, 2013 at 2:27 am
BEAUMONT — A Delta County man has been sentenced to federal prison for making threats against the President of the United States of America. Joseph Scott Sword, 26, of Cooper, also known as Stretch, pleaded guilty on December 19, 2012, to making the threats. He was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark.
Prosecutors say on May 31, 2011, Sword, who was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Stiles Unit in Jefferson County, wrote a letter threatening the President and First Family. Sword stated that he was a member of a violent street gang called the Black P Stone and that he had men on the street watching the President and his family. Sword was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 18, 2012.
Sword must complete the remainder of his state prison sentences of 8 years for burglary and 6 ½ years for robbery before he will be transferred to federal prison to begin serving his 46 month sentence.
