MACON, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A former Georgia poll worker was sentenced to prison for threatening to bomb a Jones County voting site and harm poll workers.

Nicholas Wimbish, 26, of Milledgeville, was sentenced to 20 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.

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Wimbish previously pleaded guilty to one count of conveying false information and making hoaxes on Feb. 14.

According to court documents and statements referenced in court, Wimbish was employed as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office in Gray on Oct. 16, 2024, when he had a verbal altercation with a

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