A federal jury in Waco Sept. 19 convicted a Dripping Springs man for allegedly making threats to kill individuals at Fort Hood in February, said United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division in a statement.
Jurors found Thomas Anthony Chestnut, Jr., 29, of Dripping Springs, guilty of one count of threatening to assault or murder a uniformed service member and one count of interstate communications with threat to injure.
Chestnut, who has remained in federal custody since being arrested by FBI agents on Feb. 24, faces up to ten years in federal prison on the threaten-to-assault charge and up to five years in federal prison on the threatening- communications charge.
