Threatening Text To Federal Employee Lands McLean Man In Court

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A McLean man accused of using Google Voice to send a text message across state lines and threatening to kill a federal employee, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, according to court documents.

On Dec. 23, a federal employee received this text from a telephone number in the 301 area code: “Step on U Street and get a bullet put between your eyes, loyalist pig skin (expletive),” according to an affidavit filed by a deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chantilly.

The FBI made an emergency disclosure request with Google for the 301 phone number, according to the affidavit. The officer was then able to link that number to a telephone number with a 703 area code belonging to 33-year-old Scott Allen Bolger of McLean.

During an interview with authorities, Bolger admitted he searched for the victim's phone number and called it to confirm that the number was correct, according to the affidavit. When the victim answered, Bolger said he hung up. Eventually, Bolger admitted to sending the threatening text, authorities said.

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On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Bolger on charges of knowingly transmitting, in interstate and foreign commerce, a communication containing a threat to injure or harm the person of another.

If convicted, Bolger faces up to five years in prison, according to court records.
“Threats of violence are serious crimes with serious consequences,” said Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Those who target federal employees should know that we will investigate and prosecute these offenses to the fullest extent of the law.”