United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maine
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Cornish Man Sentenced for Making Interstate Threats
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Cornish Man Sentenced for Making Interstate Threats
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Blake Tibbetts posted a threat on X
PORTLAND, Maine: A Cornish man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for transmitting a threatening interstate communication.
Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Blake Tibbetts, 25, to 10 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Tibbetts pleaded guilty on April 27, 2026.
According to court records, Tibbetts made a post on the social platform X in which he used a racial epithet in an angry exchange with another X user and threatened to pay "a visit VERY soon" to the user's "kind," sending "them" his "condolences."
The FBI, the Maine State Police, and the Office of the Maine State Fire Marshal investigated the case.
Contact
F. Todd Lowell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, (207) 780-3257
Updated November 4, 2026
Topic
Violent Crime
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