Missouri Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening Social Security Administration Employees

CAPE GIRARDEAU - A who threatened employees of the Social Security Administration twice in 2025 was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison.

After his release from prison, Timothy Wells Stevens, 57, will be on supervised release for two years.

On Oct. 1, 2025, Stevens was told in a phone call with an SSA employee in Pennsylvania that there was no record showing that he was due payments. Stevens said that if he did not receive payments, "I'm commin' gunning for you all." The employee told Stevens that the SSA takes all threats seriously, and he responded "No, I am going gunnin' trust me, and I'm going to blow up every (expletive) office around here."

About 30 minutes later Stevens called again and reached an SSA employee in California. During that call, he said, "Cause I'm telling you now, if I have to sell my place I've owned for 17 years and go live under a bridge, I'm hunting every last one of you (expletives) down and I'm gonna blow you up," his plea agreement says.

Stevens, of Wayne County, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to two counts of transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce.

The Federal Protective Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Willis prosecuted the case.