SUBURBAN CHICAGO MAN CHARGED WITH SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO TWO FEDERAL JUDGES

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man has been charged in federal court with sending threatening letters to federal judges in Texas and Florida.

JAMES LEBUHN, 65, ofLibertyville, Ill., is charged with two counts of mailing a threatening communication, according to a criminal information filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.Arraignment is set for March 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis.

According to the information, Lebuhn mailed letters in March of last year to U.S. District Court judges in Amarillo, Texas, and Fort Pierce, Fla. Lebuhn mailed the letters for the purpo...