Be careful what you wish for, as they say. You just might get it.
That’s certainly the case with Joseph Francis Morelli, a New York man who left threatening voicemails for Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and dared her to press charges.
Not only that, he double-dog dared her, giving his full name in the messages. Lo and behold, he got what he was hoping for — and now faces up to five years in prison as a result.
According to Business Insider, Morelli, 51, pleaded guilty to sending the threatening voicemails in court on Wednesday.
The calls were made from Morelli’s home in upstate Endicott, New York, in March of 2022.
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In one of the voicemails — which, according to The Hill, was made at 11:11 p.m. — he said “I’m gonna have to take your life into my own hands… I’m gonna hurt you. Physically, I’m gonna harm you.”
“I just don’t think I can go on letting you, you know, cause hatred and poison to people,” Morelli said, according to court documents.
“I really think I’m gonna have to cause you harm — physical harm.”
Seven minutes later, he called back and said he was going to “pay someone 500 bucks to take a baseball bat and crack your skull.”
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In a third call, six minutes after that one, he made this threat: “I’m gonna make sure that, even if they lock me up, someone’s gonna get you ’cause I’ll pay them to.”
Sentencing will be on June 1, according to a media release from the Department of Justice.
Morelli faces up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and 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 Department of Justice said in the media release.
Of course, if one is unwise enough to leave one’s full personal…
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