- Steve L. Veres, 41, of Thurston County, Wash., was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on federal charges related to threats made to a Black federal employee at the Social Security office in Olympia, Wash.
- Veres visited the Social Security Office seeking a replacement Social Security card. He became angry, used racial slurs, and threatened to assault or kill the worker after being informed that his paperwork did not meet the requirements for a new card.
- Veres is charged with influencing a federal official by threat, which carries a potential punishment of up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release, as well as interference with federally protected activities, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison. Read More
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