Man Arrested For Alleged Email Threats Against Pai's Family

and a DOJ release. Markara Man was said to have told police he was angry over the net neutrality rollback order when he sent the emails, one of which included the addresses of Arlington, Virginia, area preschools and the words "I will find your children and I will kill them.” Man is charged with “threatening to murder a member of the immediate family of a U.S. official with the intent to intimidate or interfere with such official while engaged in the performance of official duties,” DOJ said. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, DOJ said. Man sent three emails total to Pai, on Dec. 19 and 20, DOJ alleged. The first accused Pai of being responsible for children that committed suicide over repeal of Communications Act Title II broadband regulation. “Their blood is forever on your hands,” the email said. The second was the list of preschools, and the third contained no text but a photo of Pai that included a framed photograph of his children in the shot, the affidavit said. Man allegedly later told police he found this image on Google,. The emails were traced by the FBI to an email address used by Man and his home. When the FBI executed a search warrant there in May, he admitted to sending the emails, using his phone and the email handle “stubblemanliness” to conceal his name and sound “tougher” the affidavit contended. Man told the FBI he was angry about the net neutrality move because "'they pretty much ignored, like, 80 percent of comments ... they ignored 'us,' and just didn't care," the affidavit said. When asked if he was trying to scare Pai to change his mind, Man said "pretty much," the affidavit said. Man was said to have told the FBI he "was not really thinking" and was "just angry and frustrated." Man wrote an apology letter to Pai admitting that threatening his children was “crossing the line,” adding he hoped Pai would change his mind on net neutrality, but doubted he would. The FCC declined to comment.