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Criminal

Mar. 12, 2019

Inmate gets six years in prison for threatening federal judge

Craig Shults' attorneys called for a two-year sentence, but a Fresno judge imposed the maximum.

Inmate gets six years in prison for threatening federal judge
U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford

A federal inmate who threatened to kill his trial judge was sentenced Monday to six years in prison.

Craig M. Shults' attorneys called for him to receive two years in prison for his threats against Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the Central District, but Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill of the Eastern District ag...

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