WATERVILLE, Maine — A Waterville man was sentenced Oct. 7 in federal court for making threatening interstate communications targeting immigrants.

U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced 47-year-old Benjamin Brown to time served, amounting to approximately six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the United States Attorney's Office said in a press release. Brown pleaded guilty on June 27, 2025.

Court records show that on Feb. 8, 2024, Brown posted comments on YouTube threatening to hunt down and kill illegal immigrants, claiming that even law enforcement could not stop him.

Federal agents had previously met with Brown on two occasions to discuss other online comments and warned him that threatening communications across state lines is a federal crime.

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