Aaron Wade Knight, Threats of Violence, Louisiana 2022

SHREVEPORT, LA. – A Noble, Louisiana man has been sentenced to federal prison for making threats of violence against employees with the Sabine Medical Center and the Veterans Administration. Aaron Wade Knight, 31, was convicted in February 2023 by a federal jury in Shreveport.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Knight was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for making these threats of violence. The charges stem from incidents which both occurred on June 1, 2022, when he made threats of violence against employees of the SMC in Many, Louisiana, and the VA in Shreveport and Alexandria.

The first incident occurred in the morning hours of June 1 when Knight, who was living in Virginia at the time, called the VA hot line in Alexandria and spoke to a nurse who was working the call center. Knight proceeded to tell the nurse that he was upset about a bill he had received for a hospital visit a few weeks earlier at the SMC.

As the conversation continued, Knight became more agitated and made the comment to her, “What do I need to do, do I need to blow up this place to get some help?” Out of concern about the threatening comments Knight made to her, the nurse contacted a patient advocate with the VA in Shreveport who had worked with Knight before.

The patient advocate then contacted Knight out of concern about the comments he had made moments earlier to the nurse. During the phone call, Knight became angry with the patient advocate and began to shout and made the following threatening statement to her, “do I need to go up there and shoot these motherf***rs in the f***ing face.”

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Many Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys J. Aaron Crawford and Andrew Weber.

Aaron Wade Knight is now headed to federal prison for 27 months for his role in making threats of violence against VA and medical center employees. This case serves as a reminder of the severity of threatening behavior and the consequences that come with it.

The U.S. Attorney’s office commends the bravery of the nurse and patient advocate who came forward to report Knight’s threatening behavior.

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