Washington man charged with leaving more than 400 threatening voicemails for members of Congress

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Mark Leonetti, 48, of Longview, was arrested Wednesday after a criminal complaint was filed Monday by the Justice Department.Despite "being visited and warned several times by law enforcement and mental health professionals," the Justice Department said, Leonetti continued his threatening behavior this year.We’re going to peel your ass inside out," Leonetti said in one of seven voicemails he left for a lawmaker in September, prosecutors said.U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said in a statement: “Making horrific and graphic threats to harm is always unacceptable, and we must always take threats of political violence seriously.The most recent calls Leonetti made were to a senator's office on Dec. 5, which included statements about murder and killing people, the Justice Department said."

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