US EditionMan Gets 3-Year Term in Prison for Threats
- Teak Ty Brockbank, a resident of Colorado, received a prison term of 37 months on May 29, 2025, for issuing threats against election officials through online platforms.
- His online threats targeted officials including Colorado’s top election officer Jena Griswold and Katie Hobbs, who previously served as Arizona’s Secretary of State, and were driven by extremist beliefs and conspiracy theories.
- Brockbank made violent posts from 2021 through 2024, including a threat to hang Griswold and threats linked to her role prosecuting election data breach cases.
- A federal judge emphasized that society should not accept threats against public officials as normal and highlighted the need for strong deterrents amid a rise in such threats.
- The case highlights ongoing threats fueled by far-right conspiracy theories aiming to incite violence, with officials affirming they will not be intimidated or back down.
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Man who threatened to kill election officials sentenced to three years in prison
Teak Ty Brockbank was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for threatening to kill Democratic election officials in Arizona and Colorado. Brockbank pleaded guilty last year to making threats between 2021 and 2022 against Colorado Secretary of State Jena…
Man who threatened to kill election officials sentenced to three years in prison - Washington Examiner
Teak Ty Brockbank was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for threatening to kill Democratic election officials in Arizona and Colorado. Brockbank pleaded guilty last year to making threats between 2021 and 2022 against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now the state’s governor. While federal prosecutors sought three years in prison, Brockbank asked for leniency, claiming he mad…
Judge Sentences ‘Keyboard Terrorist’ to 3 Years for Threatening Officials
A man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for his online threats to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews said the penalty for such “keyboard terrorism” needed to be serious enough to deter others, particularly because threats against public officials are on the rise. People need to work out differences through the democratic pr…
QAnon follower gets 3 years for threatening to ‘execute’ AZ governor Katie Hobbs
A Colorado man who wrote online about how he had the right to execute then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and made similar threats against Jena Griswold, the Colorado secretary of state, was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison. Teak Ty Brockbank blamed being exposed to far-right extremism content online, including the QAnon conspiracy theory, for motivating him to make online threats. In the criminal complaint for the case, FBI agents …
The Times of Northwest Indiana
Man gets 3-year term in prison for threats
DENVER — A judge sentenced Teak Ty Brockbank — a man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for motivating his online threats to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona — to three years in prison Thursday, saying…
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