Overview

• On June 29, 60-year-old Jeffrey Dorsey allegedly left a nearly 90-second expletive-filled voicemail threatening to kill a U.S. representative if they supported Medicaid reductions.
• Federal agents traced the call to Dorsey by obtaining subscriber records from the service provider and matching his voice after calling the associated number.
• Dorsey was arrested in Dayton on July 29 and appeared in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on July 30, where the charges were officially unsealed.
• He remains in federal custody awaiting a detention hearing scheduled for Friday as his case moves forward under the interstate threats statute.
• FBI Cincinnati leaders emphasize zero tolerance for threats against public officials and note that making interstate threats carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.