WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last month charging a Wasilla man with making threats in interstate commerce and stalking.

According to court documents, between Sept. 18 and 23, 2025, James Lawhorn, 54, allegedly sent communications on Facebook to multiple accounts, on a city website, and by telephone that contained threats to injure and murder the mayor of a city in Michigan. Some messages included:

* "We must get this scum out of our country now. Put a bullet in this mf's head now."* "This mayor needs to be killed now.. Hang him and all his family now. ...