An Alaska man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kidnap and injure a U.S. senator, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week.<\/p>\n
Arther Charles Graham was arrested Monday in his hometown of Kenai, Alaska, in connection with one criminal count. He is being held in Anchorage and has a detention hearing set for Friday.<\/p>\n
No lawmaker was named in the court documents, but the unsealed filings refer to the senator as \u201cshe.\u201d Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski is the only female senator from Alaska. NBC News has reached out to her office for comment.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, in a message sent through a congressional website last month, Graham wrote about soon facing eviction and told the senator that he wanted to “hunt you down, cut the flesh off your body and wear your skin like clothes.”<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ll live inside of YOU,” he allegedly wrote, ” I may as well because I ain\u2019t got nowhere else to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
An FBI agent said in court documents that a subpoena for the email listed in the submission form on the website led investigators to Graham, who had allegedly used a different phone number and address in his message to the senator.<\/p>\n
Court documents state that Graham also “admitted” this month to sending the email to the senator during an interview at his home with investigators.<\/p>\n
A\u00a0court document\u00a0unsealed Tuesday did not list an attorney for Graham.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Graham’s arrest comes amid a rising tide of charges stemming from threats of violence aimed at public officials.<\/p>\n
A Nevada man was arrested last week and charged after allegedly leaving a series of antisemitic, profanity-laced voicemails at the office of\u00a0Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., a prominent Jewish voice in support of Israel following Hamas’ attacks this month.<\/p>\n
In another case this week, an Alabama man was charged in connection with threatening Fulton County officials involved the\u00a0Georgia election interference case\u00a0against former President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0and his allies. Trump and most of his co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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