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Baytown Man Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
A 37-year-old Baytown man has admitted to making bomb threats to the White House, FBI, and other organizations over the course of several years, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Baytown resident Joshua Guadalupe Magana, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of sending threatening communications through interstate commerce. Magana sent bomb threats on multiple occasions, despite law enforcement warnings that making such threats is a crime and could subject him to imprisonment.
Specifically, Magana pleaded guilty to the charge related to a threat made on June 4, 2019, when he called the FBI and said he would blow up the White House. “There is a bomb. I’m going to blow up the White House,” he stated and then hung up. Magana admitted to making the call and claimed he picked the White House because it was the most important building he could think of and wanted a “big, serious” response.
Magana contacted the White House directly on December 15, 2021, and sent an email with the subject line reading “Contact the President” and a message stating “Bomb the White House.” On February 27, 2022, Magana contacted the White House again and sent a similar threatening email.
“We take all threats seriously,” said Hamdani. “People cannot convey their political or social disagreements through threats or violence.”
U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal will impose sentencing on October 2. At that time, Magana faces up to five years in federal prison. He has been and will remain in custody pending that hearing.
The Secret Service and FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Winter is prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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