Man faces 5 years in prison after allegedly telling Augusta employee he'd 'blow' her 'head off'

A North Dakota antheral is facing 5 years successful situation aft allegedly threatening an Augusta National employee.

Joseph Armand Zimmer, 48, is alleged to person told an worker helium would "throw [the individual] successful a compartment and person [her] acceptable connected fire" and that helium would "blow [her] caput off," according to the Department of Justice.

The DOJ said Zimmer phoned the play nine successful February and made galore convulsive threats toward the pistillate employee.

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"Those who marque threats against members of our assemblage successful usurpation of national instrumentality volition beryllium held accountable, arsenic we proceed to enactment with our instrumentality enforcement partners to place and bring to justness those who question to intimidate and instill fearfulness successful our citizens," Acting U.S. Tara M. Attorney Lyons said successful a quality release.

"The FBI treats threatening communications with the utmost seriousness and volition dedicate each disposable resources to locating and prosecuting those liable for specified actions," Paul Brown, peculiar cause successful complaint of FBI Atlanta, added successful the release. "We spot that this indictment sends a wide connection to anyone contemplating making threats, whether genuine oregon fabricated, done physics means."

The Augusta National Golf Club (Chris Thelen/Bloomberg via Getty Images/File)

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