New York man sentenced to prison after thousands of harassing calls to Congress and threat to kill staffer

A New York man was sentenced Tuesday to 13 months in prison in connection with threatening phone calls he made to members of Congress and a threat to kill a staffer.

The sentencing of Ade Salim Lilly, 35, included three years supervised release, the Justice Department said in a news release.

Lilly’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Lilly pleaded guilty in May to interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and making repeated threatening phone calls.

Beginning in February 2022, he made more than 12,000 calls from Maryland and Puerto Rico, to the offices of congressional lawmakers before he was arrested in Puerto Rico in November 2023, according to court documents.

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