(CAPITOL CITY NOW) – After threatening a federal judge and saying he would commit violent acts, 34-year-old Paul Jordan Klawer was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. In May 2022, Klawer was representing himself in a civil rights case in federal court.

The Peoria man reportedly became frustrated and began to write threatening emails to the lawyer representing the other party. Threats included him writing “tell the judge if he doesn’t take my warnings serious…I’ll blow his f****** brains out in broad daylight and put on his Tombstone exactly how much value he gave our future by suppressing evidence of misconduct…”

Evidence showed Klawer threatened others as well. He promised that if his demands in the case were not met, he would commit various violent acts including blowing up the Department of Human Services in Springfield.

Klawer was arrested in December 2023 and was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2023. He initially pled not guilty but entered a change of plea in April 2024. He has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest. He was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon completion of his term of confinement.