A Florida dentist faces federal charges for sending dozens of racist and violent messages to several victims for nearly a year after ignoring warnings from the FBI.
Richard Glenn Kantwill could spend up to 15 years in prison if he’s convicted on the three counts of interstate transmission of a threat to injure that authorities charged him with.
Federal prosecutors say the 60-year-old dentist from Tampa, Florida, sent nearly 100 death threats and “disturbing” messages to 42 victims between August 2019 and July 2020. He reportedly used email, social media, and text messages to relay his threats.
The FBI spoke to Kantwill in October 2019 and warned him to stop after one victim reported the dentist to law enforcement.
Despite the warning, Kantwill continued his onslaught of harassment for 10 more months, according to court documents.
Prosecutors alleged that Kantwill “repeatedly sent threatening messages to people across the country who didn’t maintain the same beliefs as he did.”
In one message, he wrote, “cannot wait to shoot your ghetto (expletive) in the street…you will die like every other [redacted] piece of s***.”
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