Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Murray announced on Tuesday that a 52-year-old Laramie man admitted to threatening multiple elected officials in January and has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a federal prison.

Christopher Kent Podlesnik was charged in March with seven counts of spreading threats in interstate commerce. He accepted the plea agreement and pleaded guilty to four of the charges in August.

Murray said Podlesnik left swearing, threatening voicemails to state and federal elected officials including U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso; U.S. Congressman Matt Gates; and Wyoming Senator Anthony Bouchard.

In a voicemail left for Lummis, Podlesnik said, “You shot [expletive] in the back of the head, among other things.” He also left a voicemail for Bouchard, saying: “You are a [expletive] ] Traitor, you should be shot."

"As Americans, we cherish the freedoms guaranteed by our bill of rights, including our freedom of speech," Murray said. "However, Christopher Podlesnik (Christopher Podlesnik) made criminal threats to make multiple victims fear injury or death, and freedom of speech is not protected by the Constitution."

In addition to the 18-month sentence, Podlesnik was fined $10,000.