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Reno man sentenced to prison for death threats sent to Nevada elected officials
A Reno man who sent death threats to multiple Nevada elected officials over stolen election claims will serve 6 to 15 years in prison. The sentence was handed down Oct. 12 by Judge Egan Walker with the Second Judicial District Court, Department 7.
Matthew Carter was found guilty in September of three counts of aggravated stalking — a category B felony — and one count of misdemeanor harassment. He received a sentence of two to five years for each felony, which will be served consecutively, and a six-month concurrent sentence for the misdemeanor.
“Carter’s actions were repugnant and beyond the pale, and my office will never tolerate such behavior,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford in the sentencing of Matthew Carter. “Political disagreement is not an excuse for harassment or threatening the lives of elected officials. We must be better than this. As long as I am attorney general, my office will prosecute actions such as this to the fullest extent of the law.”
In the leadup to and aftermath of the 2020 general election, Carter sent multiple racist and threatening messages to U.S. Attorney Jason Frierson, who previously served as speaker of the Nevada Assembly; State Treasurer Zach Conine; Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Chief of Staff Yvanna Cancela, who previously served as a state senator; Assemblyman Steve Yeager; Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen; and Assemblywoman Brittney Miller.
Carter’s messages included support for conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Carter’s threats, included racial slurs and references toward lynching and cited the passage of expanded mail-in voting ahead of the election as a reason for his promised violence toward elected officials, said Ford.