On Monday, November 4th, a Georgia polling station worker was arrested for sending a threatening letter to the election director of Jones County.
According to criminal charges, 25-year-old Nicholas Wimbish, who resides in Milledgeville, Georgia, worked as a polling station worker at the Jones County Elections Office on October 16th, where he appeared to have a verbal altercation with a voter.
That evening, Wimbish conducted online research to determine which of his personal information would be made public. The following day, he pretended to be that voter and sent a threatening letter to the election director of Jones County.
The U.S. Department of Justice, in a statement, mentioned that the language used in the letter appeared as if it was from the actual voter, calling Wimbish to “go to hell” and accusing him of “distracting voters’ attention.”
The letter threatened Wimbish and others, stating, “I know where they all live because I have found their family voting addresses,” “this young man will be taken down if he opposes me,” and “if resisted, will face charges of treason by the firing squad.”
Furthermore, the letter also threatened to sexually assault the staff and warned election workers to “watch their every move.” At the end of the letter, a handwritten note read: “There is something explosive at the early voting station, the cigars are burning, stay safe.”
Wimbish is facing charges for mailing bomb threats, spreading false information about bomb threats, sending threatening letters, and making false statements to the FBI. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Atlanta office is investigating the case.