By CNN Staff
DALLAS, Texas — A Texas inmate has been accused of making threats against law enforcement, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Jesse Brister, known as “Bozo,” was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on two counts of mailing threatening communications to law enforcement, prosecutors said.
The indictment claims Brister, 27, of Conroe, on March 21 and March 28 mailed to the U.S. attorney in Dallas communication “that contained a threat to injure someone in retaliation for the prosecution of members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas,” federal prosecutors said in a statement.
“Based on the serious nature of the threats in these letters, resources were diverted from important investigations, such as those in Kaufman County, to investigate these threats, which ultimately proved to be hoaxes,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña.
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