SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Field Office issued the following press release:
SAN ANTONIO - A Hondo man was sentenced in a federal court today to 27 months in prison for threatening a violent attack to overthrow the government, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jay Anthony Villarreal, 25, left his home in Hondo on June 28, 2025, with the intent to carry out an attack in Washington D.C., to overthrow the government. Villarreal was armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault weapon, a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, along wi...