Press release from United States Department of Justice
Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Anthony Unocic, 54, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was found guilty on September 28, 2023, by a jury in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska. Unocic was convicted of one count of Threatening to Assault a Federal Law Enforcement Officer.
Sentencing has been set for January 4, 2024, at 9 a.m. before Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Unocic faces up to six years in prison and up to three years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
In 2021 a Wyoming ATF Agent investigated Unocic for possession of an unregistered silencer. During the investigation a search warrant was executed at Unocic’s Wyoming residence where agents found the silencer, several firearms, ammunition and user amounts of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. In 2021 Unocic pleaded guilty in the United States District Court, District of Wyoming, to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.
While awaiting sentencing in the District of Wyoming case, Unocic was held in the Scotts Bluff County Jail in Nebraska. Unocic expressed anger about his conviction to fellow inmates. He talked about killing the ATF agent who led the investigation. A video from inside the jail showed him acting out how he was going stab the ATF agent.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives