Crime & Safety
St. Paul Man Gets Prison After Threatening U.S. Representative: Feds
The U.S. Capitol Police reviewed the voicemail and traced the phone number to the St. Paul man, authorities said.
ST. PAUL, MN — A St. Paul man was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison followed by two years of supervised release for threatening a United States Representative.
On Sept. 8, 2021, Karimi pleaded guilty to one count of interstate communication of a threat. The name of the representative, in this case, has not been released to the public.
On Jan. 11, 2021, authorities say 32-year-old Jason Robert Burham Karimi left a voicemail on the office telephone of a U.S. Representative located in California that contained graphic threats of violence directed against the politician.
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The U.S. Capitol Police reviewed the voicemail and traced the telephone number to Karimi, investigators said.
On Jan. 12, agents met Karimi near his St. Paul home. Karimi told agents that he is a lobbyist for the marijuana industry and his voicemail was meant to cause "political pain," according to authorities.
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Karimi admitted that he knew the voicemail he left would be seen as a threat, investigators said.
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