A man accused of repeatedly threatening officials in Utah over the foreclosure of his home, including saying he’d “open fire” on and “spit hot lead” at people who showed up to evict him, will spend five years behind bars, federal prosecutors said.
Ryan Gregory Bracken, 44, of West Valley City, also was sentenced to three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah said in a Jan. 15 news release.
Bracken represented himself in court and couldn’t immediately be reached by McClatchy News on Jan. 16. Bracken’s stand-by attorney told McClatchy News in an email on Jan. 16 that he wasn’t empowered to provide a statement…