Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Making Threats To Kill Family Member Of Federal Official

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced Tuesday to 46 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for leaving a threatening voicemail and text messages threatening to kill a family member of a then member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to court documents, in the late evening of June 1, and the early morning of June 2, 2023, Anthony Lewis Hamelin, also known as "Tony Hamelin," 52, called the spouse of a then-member of the U.S. House of Representatives and left a voicemail threatening to kill their son. Hamelin stated that he was enroute to his intended victim. Hamelin sent text messages stating anger and frustration with the U.S. Representative for carrying out his official duties. On June 2, 2023, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers and U.S. Capitol Police agents located Hamelin and arrested him.

On March 11, 2024, Hamelin pleaded guilty to one count of influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening a family member, and one count of transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure. United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro presided over the sentencing hearing.

United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson for the District of Nevada and Chief J. Thomas Manger, Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police made the announcement.

The U.S. Capitol Police and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob Operskalski prosecuted the case.

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