Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Threatening Eric Cantor In YouTube Video

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to two years in prison for threatening U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia in a YouTube video.

Federal prosecutors say 38-year-old Norman LeBoon was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison followed by three years' supervised release. He pleaded guilty in November in connection with the YouTube video posted earlier that year.

Prosecutors say LeBoon called the Republican congressman "a liar" and "a Lucifer" in the video and vowed to shoot him.

LeBoon will be required to get mental health treatment. He is also required to have no contact with Cantor or any member of Cantor's family.

Cantor was voted House majority leader when the Republican-led Congress convened in January.

Comments

[doubtingdavid]

11:47 AM on 04/08/2011

The convicted man must be one of those Tea Party types I heard so much about after the Arizona shootings. (sarcasm)

[BigSlick674]

01:21 AM on 04/08/2011

Here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0S61EYJIhQ

[QKingston Constantine]

03:36 AM on 04/08/2011

That is not the Video.....

BigSlick pulled a fast one.

[BigSlick674]

04:13 AM on 04/08/2011

Not as fast as the one Cantor pulled bailing his family out.

[Mort]

12:23 AM on 04/08/2011

There are a lot of things you can use to accurately describe him. Not to be included on the list are:
Has good moral values and stands up for them.
Speaks his own mind, with his own words.
Represents his constituents.
Cares about the citizens and their needs.
Puts country before party.
Spends his public hours doing his job and making an honest wage.
Always tells the truth.

[ethelouise]

12:41 PM on 04/08/2011

Well it's kind of obvious that either your a close family member, or being paid, because Eric Cantor is none of that...

[Mort]

12:55 AM on 04/09/2011

Ahem...

"Not to be included on the list are:"

[linc]

12:10 AM on 04/08/2011

Methinks the moderators need to study up on anti-semitism.

[OldKatt]

12:05 AM on 04/08/2011

No matter how much you hate an elected official, threatening them is never an intelligent option.

[andyg]

11:59 PM on 04/07/2011

Does the story cover that Norman LeBoon is a Muslim, who planned to kill Cantor because he a Jew.

[Chumbles]

11:52 PM on 04/07/2011

'Crazed Nut threatens Delusional Dork"

[eptjevi]

11:50 PM on 04/07/2011

! Koch inspired, Rothschild Controlled.

[Carolyn LeBeauf]

11:47 PM on 04/07/2011

Cantor need to come out of that closet. Be yourself and stop hiding who you really are.

[QKingston Constantine]

03:32 AM on 04/08/2011

:)

[senor24]

11:44 PM on 04/07/2011

The thing I just can't understand is how Cantor has all the sudden become one of the leaders who will reign in the spending in D.C. He came to Congress in 2000 and for his first 6 years when Republicans controlled Congress and the White House he had a 99+% yes voting record on all spending bills. This while the national debt was doubling. Now he's the guy Republicans want us to follow as a fiscally sane leader. He's not against spending. He's just against spending when he's not the one in charge of where the spending goes. He's not interested in protecting the taxpayer's dollars. He's just interested in making sure there are some dollars left there for himself when Republicans get back in charge. He's 100% hypocrite. And by the way, one of the few no votes he gave on spending was to fund NPR. Sound familiar. They just won't give up trying to silence every outlet that doesn't serve as a propaganda machine.

[leftbehind2000]

11:44 PM on 04/07/2011

you know...with more and more of us facing permanent unemployment, I can think of a worse strategy for achieving three hots and a cot.

[Joel Mendez]

12:55 AM on 04/08/2011

yes, but in the military, they give you guns! (and 3 hots) the cots though...not so much.

[leftbehind2000]

11:34 PM on 04/07/2011

As more and more of us become permanently unemployed, this might be a most satisfying strategy to achieve 3 hots and a cot.

[Phil Lunney]

11:22 PM on 04/07/2011

Mr. Cantor and I disagree on much, but I agree with this sentence. It is a clear violation of the law. We are still a nation of laws. Thank God for little favors.

[leftbehind2000]

11:35 PM on 04/07/2011

yeah. keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep at night.

[ScreenName05]

11:20 PM on 04/07/2011

So what did he do wrong?

[david5000]

11:18 PM on 04/07/2011

Where is the video?