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Federal court documents filed on Monday show that 43-year-old Martin Alan Schnitzler of Seminole has agreed to plead guilty next month to one count of obstructing people in the free exercise of religious beliefs.
He faces up to 20 years in prison, but sentencing guidelines will likely call for a significantly lighter punishment. A hearing is scheduled for February 8.
According to court documents, Schnitzler left a voicemail for the Islamic Center of Pinellas County hours after the November attacks in Paris, threatening to firebomb the center and “shoot whoever is there.”
FBI investigators deemed the threats not credible.
Terrorists from the Islamic State group killed 130 people during the November 13 attack in Paris.
