Central Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Sending Bomb Threat to Elections Superintendent

Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was arrested for allegedly mailing a threatening letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent following an altercation with a voter while serving as a poll worker on October 16. According to the criminal complaint, after the incident, Wimbish researched what personal information was publicly available about him and, the following day, sent a letter addressed to the Jones County Elections Superintendent, reportedly attempting to pass it off as a threat from a “Jones County Voter.”

The letter accused Wimbish of “conspiring votes” and “distracting voters from concentrating.” It contained threatening language directed at Wimbish and other poll workers, warning them to “look over their shoulder” and threatening “the treason punishment by firing squad” if they resisted. The letter also contained explicit threats toward female poll workers, stating they should “watch every move they make and look over their shoulder.” It ended with a handwritten note that read, “PS boom toy in early vote place, cigar burning, be safe.”

Wimbish has been charged with mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information regarding a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter, and making false statements to the FBI. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.

The arrest was announced by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary for the Middle District of Georgia. The FBI Atlanta Field Office is handling the investigation, and the case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Jacob R. Steiner of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Will R. Keyes for the Middle District of Georgia.

This case is part of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force.