An Indianapolis woman who pleaded guilty to threatening U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace will spend more than two years in prison, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Shayla Addison was charged in January with sending text messages and emails to Mace’s campaign phone number and email address account threatening to kill her and blow up her office. She also posted threatening comments on Mace’s Instagram account.
Federal authorities did not name Mace as the victim, referring only to “Victim 1” as a U.S. House member. But the 1st District congresswoman identified herself as the recipient of the threats. In January, she told reporters they were part of an uptick in death threats she’d experienced for over a year…