A Mississippi man has admitted guilt to threatening a federal judge and a federal law enforcement officer, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Joshua Matthew Goodin, 40, of Jackson, Mississippi, entered his plea on Monday, July 1st, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christy D. Comstock.
The charges stem from threats made against a judge and a law enforcement officer working in the federal court system.
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The investigation into Goodin revealed that on or about July 5, 2022, while an inmate at the Washington County Detention Facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Goodin sent two letters to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Jackson, Mississippi.
In the letter, Goodin stated in part, “I swear I’m going to kill you all, I’m gonna blow your f****** office up. …Your (sic) gonna die I promise nothing or no one will stop me.”
An investigation further revealed that Goodin sent a second letter stating in part, “I’m Joshua Goodin I was recently in Federal Court on a gun charge. The b**** ass d.a. (name redacted), he talked real bad about me. For that he will pay with his life, him and the judge don’t understand who I really am.”
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Threatening a federal official is a serious crime punishable by up to ten years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
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