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A California woman, Dolly Patterson, was sentenced to the statutory maximum for sending an interstate threat to a federal judge in Texas.

Patterson sent a message via an online form threatening the "anti-abortion judge" to "watch his back."

She pleaded guilty to knowingly transmitting a "true threat to injure another person" under federal law.

A California woman was sentenced today to the statutory maximum sentence after pleading guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to a United States District Judge.

What we know:

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Texas says a California woman named Dolly Patterson admitted in court that on April 16, 2023, she knowingly sent a threatening message via an online "Contact Us" form directed at a federal judge in Amar

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