Antigovernment Radio Host Convicted of Firearms Crimes Gets Six Years in Prison
An antigovernment extremist in Montana who used his webcast to advocate murdering public officials and other violence will spend six years in federal prison.
William Krisstofer Wolf, a 53-year-old construction worker, was found guilty last November of federal firearms violations by a U.S. District Court jury in Billings, Mont. Prosecutors asked for the maximum 10-year sentence, but U.S. District Court Judge Susan Watters last Thursday sentenced Wolf to 72 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised released.
“The public has to be protected from you,” the judge told the defendant, the Billings Gazette reported. Watters said Wolf, based in Bozeman, Mont., had used his “Montana Republic” webcast to advocate a “shocking” level of violence against law enforcement, judges and other public officials.
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