CHARLESTON, S.C. — An Indianapolis woman has agreed to plead guilty to sending threatening messages to U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, triggering a federal investigation.
Prosecutors say Shayla Addison admitted to two counts of influencing a federal official by threat. Court records show she sent multiple texts and an email to Mace’s campaign phone and inbox on January 15, 2025, threatening to kill the congresswoman and blow up her office.
Investigators traced the messages to Indiana, and the FBI opened the case soon after. The plea agreement also says Addison posted similar threats on Mace’s public Instagram account that same morning…