{"id":2344495,"date":"2024-09-22T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-man-pleads-guilty-to-international-mass-shooting-threat-over-fantasy-football-argument\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:09:29","slug":"us-man-pleads-guilty-to-international-mass-shooting-threat-over-fantasy-football-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-man-pleads-guilty-to-international-mass-shooting-threat-over-fantasy-football-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"US Man Pleads Guilty to International Mass-Shooting Threat Over Fantasy Football Argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-man-pleads-guilty-to-international-mass-shooting-threat-over-fantasy-football-argument%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a bizarre case linked to fantasy football, 25-year-old Matthew Gabriel from Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to \u2064making serious threats, including bomb and mass shooting threats, directed at individuals in Iowa\u200d and\u2064 Norway. Following \u200can online disagreement\u200d with a member of his \u2062fantasy football chat group, Gabriel submitted a false tip to Norwegian authorities, claiming that the individual posed a threat. This\u200c prompted significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> responses in both the U.S. and Norway, wasting substantial resources\u2063 over \u200cfive days. In \u200da separate incident,\u200c he also sent a hoax bomb threat to the University of Iowa. U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero criticized his actions as disruptive and a misuse of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement resources<\/a>. Gabriel faces a maximum of five years in prison, along\u2064 with potential \u200cfines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fact is truly weirder than &ldquo;fantasy,&rdquo; sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>In a story that isn&rsquo;t going to help the stereotype that Philadelphia sports are cut from a particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-philadelphia-took-steps-stop-phillies-fans-going-crazy-big-win-not-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notorious cloth<\/a>, an American man has pleaded guilty to falsifying some very serious threats &mdash; some across the Atlantic Ocean, no less.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/fantasy-football-bomb-mass-shooting-threats-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, 25-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/philadelphia-eagles-issue-statement-team-branded-kamala-ads-spotted-around-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a> man Matthew Gabriel pleaded guilty to two counts of &ldquo;interstate and foreign communication of a threat to injure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel sent bomb and mass shooting threats to both Iowa and Norway, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edpa\/pr\/philadelphia-man-pleads-guilty-making-fantasy-football-related-bomb-threat-and-mass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the United States Attorney&rsquo;s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-disinformation-police-are-even-more-incompetent-and-dishonest-than-you-imagine\/\" title=\"The Disinformation Police are incredibly inept and deceitful.\">guilty plea agreement<\/a>, the defendant had an online disagreement with a member of his fantasy football chat group,&rdquo; the release said. &ldquo;Gabriel learned that the member with whom he had a disagreement was going to study abroad in Norway in August of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On Aug. 3, 2023, Gabriel, while located in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, submitted an anonymous &lsquo;tip&rsquo; through the internet to the Norwegian Police Security Service, also known as Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (&lsquo;PST&rsquo;), claiming that a member of his fantasy football chat group was going to carry out a mass shooting in Norway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel&rsquo;s &ldquo;tip&rdquo; sparked an enormous waste of resources on a completely fabricated threat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Law enforcement in Norway and the United States spent hundreds of man-hours reacting to and investigating the threatened mass shooting over the course of a five-day period,&rdquo; the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Gabriel &ldquo;while located in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sent an  posing as another individual to the University of Iowa with the subject line &lsquo;Possible Threat.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That faux threat involved a bomb hoax.<\/p>\n<p>While Gabriel&rsquo;s actions were obviously illegal in nature, the root cause of the issue is almost as newsworthy as the threats themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Because, according to the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office, Gabriel&rsquo;s issues stemmed from an &ldquo;online disagreement with a member of his fantasy football chat group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, fantasy football appeared to be the absurd source of Gabriel&rsquo;s ire.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero ripped into Gabriel&rsquo;s stunt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His actions were extremely disruptive and consumed significant law enforcement resources on two continents, diverting them from actual incidents and investigations,&rdquo; Romero said. &ldquo;Hoax threats aren&rsquo;t a joke or protected speech, they&rsquo;re a crime. My advice to keyboard warriors who&rsquo;d like to avoid federal charges: always think of the potential consequences before you hit &lsquo;post&rsquo; or &lsquo;send.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Philadelphia, added, &ldquo;You do not get to express emotions through violence or threats of violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel &ldquo;faces a maximum possible sentence of five years&rsquo; imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a case that won&#8217;t help dispel the stereotype of Philadelphia sports fans, an American man has admitted to making serious false threats\u2014some even directed overseas. As reported by CBS News, 25-year-old Matthew Gabriel from Philadelphia pleaded guilty to two counts of &#8220;interstate and foreign communication of a threat to injure.&#8221; He sent bomb and mass shooting threats to locations in Iowa and Norway, as stated in a news release from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The release explained that Gabriel had an online dispute with someone in his fantasy football chat group who was planning to study abroad in Norway starting August 2023. On August 3, 2023, while still in Pennsylvania, he submitted an anonymous tip via the internet to Norway&#8217;s Police Security Service (PST), claiming that this individual intended to commit a mass shooting there. This false tip led law enforcement agencies in both Norway and the U.S. to waste hundreds of hours investigating what turned out to be a completely fabricated threat.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Gabriel also sent another fake threat posing as someone else at the University of Iowa with the subject line &#8220;Possible Threat,&#8221; which involved a bomb hoax. While his actions were clearly illegal, they stemmed from an online disagreement related to fantasy football\u2014a rather absurd catalyst for such behavior.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero condemned Gabriel\u2019s actions: \u201cHis behavior was highly disruptive and wasted significant law enforcement resources on two continents that could have been used for real incidents.\u201d She emphasized that hoax threats are not protected speech but crimes instead.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Special Agent Wayne A. Jacobs added that expressing emotions through violence or threats is unacceptable. Gabriel now faces up to five years in prison along with potential fines and supervised release after serving his sentence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fantasy-Football.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41456,32747,41455,41454],"class_list":["post-2344495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-international-threat","tag-mass-shooting","tag-pleads-guilty","tag-us-man"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fantasy-Football.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}