CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — An inmate at Tygart Valley Regional Jail has been convicted of threatening the President.
Robert Dale Tasker, 44, a prisoner at the facility in Belington, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday.
An investigation by the U.S. Secret Service revealed that in December 2013, while incarcerated at the jail, Tasker wrote a letter threatening to kill the President of the United States.
His guilty plea was to one count of threatening the President of the United States. He faces up to five years in prison and fine of up to $250,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Bernard prosecuted the case on behalf of the government, while U.S. Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull presided.