A Farmington man has been sentenced to time served for social media posts that threatened to kill members of Congress and other public officials.
Kasey Charles Haworth, 30, faced sentencing in federal court in New Haven on Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Federal officials said he was sentenced to 25 months in prison, which has already been served, and three years of supervised release.
According to authorities, U.S. Capitol Police in October 2023 began reviewing a series of posts made on X which “explicitly” threatened to “kill and maim” various public officials, including two members of Congress. Investigators allegedly found that Haworth was the user who owned the account.
On Oct. 24, 2023, the U.S. Secret Service and Farmington Police Department interviewed him at his residence and confirmed that he had written the posts, officials said. A week later, authorities said, he allegedly made more threatening posts on X, including one that said, “Anyone working in law enforcement in the USA that tries to shoot me will be killed by me, if you see me trying to take back my government don’t try to stop me or you will be the one who dies and thats it!”
Haworth was arrested on Nov. 2, 2023, and has been in custody since. In October, he pleaded guilty to making threatening communications.