A Central Florida convicted felon was sentenced for threatening to kill a member of Congress and lying in an attempt to purchase a firearm for the crime.
U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced 61-year-old Michael Guy Dambrosia, of Ocala, to 33 months in federal prison for interstate transmission of a threat to injure and making a false statement in connection with the attempted purchase of a firearm.
According to court documents, on January 30, 2023, Dambrosia made a call to the Washington D.C. office of a United States Congresswoman and left an obscenity-laden, threatening voicemail stating that he would kill her.
On August 30, 2021, Dambrosia attempted to purchase a firearm from a local federally licensed firearms dealer. In completing the necessary paperwork to purchase the firearm, Dambrosia indicated that he was not a convicted felon even though he knew this to be false.
This case was investigated by the United States Capitol Police – Threat Assessment Section and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Joe Wheeler III and Assistant United States Attorney Tyrie Boyer.
Dambrosia entered a guilty plea on February 29, 2024.
