DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A 45-year-old Colorado man is charged with making numerous online threats to kill election officials and others in Colorado and Arizona. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado filed a charge of transmitting interstate threats against Teak Ty Brockbank of Cortez. He was arrested Friday and made an initial court appearance on Monday. He was ordered held pending a detention hearing on Wednesday. The names of the people who were threatened were redacted from court documents, but prosecutors say Brockbank made detailed threats against election officials, judges and law enforcement officers. The maximum penalty for transmitting interstate threats is five years in federal prison.
