1RALEIGH, NC – A Raleigh man will spend more than two years in federal prison after admitting to making violent online threats to kill then-President Joseph Biden and later threatening to kill a U.S. Secret Service agent who came to question him.

Michael James Ferr, 31, was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

He pleaded guilty on August 19 to federal charges of threatening the president and a federal officer.

According to court documents, Ferr posted a series of death threats on X.com, formerly Twitter, on January 10. When Secret Service agents visited his home four days later to investigate, Ferr threatened to kill one of them during the interview.

Federal response to violent threats

U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle for the Eastern Distric

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