An inmate at an Atwater prison has been charged with threatening to murder a prosecutor’s family.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Stanislav Yelizarov, 35, charging him with threatening the family of a federal official.

Driving the news: Yelizarov is an inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Atwater. He was previously convicted in the District of Maryland and was undergoing further proceedings in the District of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit. • On March 23, 2024, Yelizarov told the Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted him in Maryland over the phone that he intended to kill the prosecutor’s “whole family.” • He made the threats over a recorded prison telephone line and had previously sent threatening letters to the pro

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