COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Nebraska man was sentenced last week in Council Bluffs, to serve 19-months in prison for Interstate Communication of a Threat. The sentence for 41-year old Andrew Simet, of Omaha, was handed down in U-S District Court.

Simet was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term. He entered a guilty plea to using social media, sending voice messages, and e-mails to an Iowa District Court Judge and an Iowa Public Defender that contained language that would knowingly be perceived as legitimate threats.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.