DeWitt Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Interstate Threats

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Marcus Fuller, age 38, of the Town of DeWitt, New York, pleaded guilty yesterday to transmitting an interstate threat to injure another person. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Chase L. Bilodeau, Chief of the Town of DeWitt Police Department, made the announcement.

As part of his guilty plea, Fuller admitted that in April 2022, he sent dozens of communications via Instagram directed to a musical performing artist, using multiple different accounts that he created for that purpose. The communications contained threats to harm the victim, up to and including death. Fuller further admitted that in one of those Instagram communications, he sent the victim a photograph of a firearm and ammunition. Fuller admitted that he possessed an identical firearm (a Ruger, .338 caliber bolt-action rifle) at his residence in DeWitt, along with 4 boxes of ammunition.

At sentencing, Fuller faces up to 5 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Town of DeWitt Police Department, and the New York State Police are investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew J. McCrobie is prosecuting the case.