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Home » Press Releases » Fond du Lac County DA Toney: Man convicted of terrorist threats for threatening Wisconsin legislators with political violence and murder in 2022
Today District Attorney Eric J. Toney announced that James R. Stearns was convicted at a Court Trial by Judge Anthony Nehls of one count of Terrorist Threats, a Class I Felony. The conviction stems from two emails sent by Stearns on May 25 and May 27, 2022, to a talk radio host and a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in the days after the Uvalde School Schooling. In an email to the talk radio ho...