A Pueblo man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of three counts of retaliation against a Denver judge, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Thomas Wornick, 43, sent nine emails between March 5, 2024, and March 15, 2024, threatening to kill Judge Judith Labuda, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case.

Labuda was the presiding judge in several of Wornick’s ongoing criminal cases.

“On March 15, 2024, Mr. Wornick sent three emails to the (judicial) division, threatening to murder or kill me,” Labuda said in a written statement to investigators. “His emails left me feeling unsettled, and in fear.”

Wornick, a combat veteran, was already serving a deferred sentence for threatening former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner when he w

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