Keene State Student Threatens To Kill Congressman During Emotional, Intoxicated Rant: FBI

CONCORD, NH — A criminal complaint has been filed against a Keene State College student for threatening to kill a Representative of Congress.

Allan Poller, 23, of Springfield, Vermont, who attends classes in Keene, was in U.S. District Court in Concord Monday to face a transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another charge. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accused the student of leaving a voicemail last week to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL, via a cellphone registered in Vermont.

The transcription of the message said:

“Hi, my name is Allan Poller, A-L-L-A-N P-O-L-L-E-R, phone number []8931. And I just want to let you know, Representative [Name], if you keep on coming for the gays, we’re gonna strike back and I guarantee you, you do not want to f--k with us. We will kill you if that’s what it takes. I will take a bullet to your f----ng head if you f--k with my rights anymore. And then if you want to keep going down that path, you know who’s next.”

The report said the call was recorded at 12:20 a.m. on March 29.

According to an affidavit, a U.S. Capitol Police officer determined Poller was a student at Keene State and contacted police in the city. An officer there reached out to campus security and contacted Poller outside a class, the report said.

“Poller admitted to leaving the voicemail,” the affidavit said. “Poller stated that he did not actually plan to harm others or himself, does not own firearms, and was emotional and intoxicated when he left the voicemail.”

The FBI did not release the representative's name who received the voicemail, but they were identified as a “Congressman.”

Gaetz's office did not return a voicemail seeking comment. WMUR-TV and the Union Leader reported he was the representative to Congress targeted by the call.

Poller faces five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

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