Thaddeus Ponce, Federal Threat Charge, New Mexico 2020

Local Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Threat Charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a disturbing case of threatening federal officials, Thaddeus Ponce, a 58-year-old resident of Mescalero, New Mexico, has pleaded guilty to a federal threat charge in Indian Country.

According to the plea agreement, Ponce made multiple threatening calls to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) emergency dispatch from August 10, 2019, to October 7, 2019. In these recorded calls, Ponce threatened to kill federal dispatch operators and their families.

The BIA dispatch center is located on the Mescalero Reservation, where Ponce is an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

Ponce is currently being held in custody, pending sentencing. He faces up to 10 years in prison for the federal threat charge.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) investigated this case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron O. Jordan is prosecuting the case.

In this shocking case, Thaddeus Ponce has admitted to making multiple threatening calls to federal officials, putting the lives of dispatch operators and their families at risk.

The community is left wondering how someone can resort to such extreme measures, and what led Ponce to make these threatening calls.

As the case moves forward, one thing is clear: Thaddeus Ponce must face the consequences of his actions.

Defendant: Thaddeus Ponce, 58-year-old resident of Mescalero, New Mexico

Criminal Charge: Influencing federal officials by threat

City and State: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date: February 5, 2020

Sentence: Faces up to 10 years in prison

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