A federal grand jury has indicted a former Indiana State University Student for making violent threats over social media site “X” against Indiana State University, Indiana State University professors, and two of his former attorneys.
27-year-old Nicholas Wheeler threatened that if the individuals did not give him $500,000 or investigate his claim that he was the victim of a crime, he was going to kill or injure them.
Wheeler was indicted on four counts of
transmitting extortionate threats via interstate commerce and three counts of transmitting threats via interstate commerce.
The FBI is investigating this case.
If convicted of the most serious offense, Wheeler could face up to 20 years in federal prison.
