Former Georgia poll worker imprisoned for bomb threat

ATLANTA — A man who threatened to bomb a Macon area polling place will serve 20 months in prison.

Nicholas Wimbish, 26, of Milledgeville, must also serve a year of supervised release and pay a $2,000 fine under the sentence issued by U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell Thursday.

The former poll worker pleaded guilty in February to a count of conveying false information and making hoaxes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.

“Americans must be able to express their political choices at the ballot box without fear of violence or harm,” U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes said, adding that such threats “undermine the core values” of the nation.

Wimbish worked at the Jones County Elections Office in Gray. He mailed a typed letter to the office wi