
作者:安安宗 来源:原创 发布日期:08-26

一 | BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated threatening and racist phone calls to a Billings church for two years after he went there seeking help and received a gift card from a Black employee, prosecutors said.Joshua Leon Hiestand, 41, was sentenced Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana. Hiestand pleaded guilty in June to making harassing telephone calls. A stalking charge was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.“When Hiestand, a white man, went to a Billings church looking for help, an elderly African American woman who worked there responded with kindness and assistance," U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a statement. "In return and for nearly two years, Hiestand launched a barrage of harassing, hateful and racist calls and voicemails at her and the church. His racist conduct isn't just abhorrent, it is illegal.”Prosecutors alleged Hiestand went to the Presbyterian church in November 2020 seeking help. Five days later, the church received a voicemail in which someone, using a racially derogatory term, said he would give more money to the church if the church did not employ an African American. After three similar calls, the woman called Billings police.A detective called the number used to leave the messages and spoke to Hiestand, who admitted making the calls and apologized for his behavior, prosecutors said. He was told to have no further contact with the church. Three days later, he left a voicemail with the church in which he apologized, court records said.However, over the next 19 months Hiestand called and left a series of voicemails at the church that were at times threatening and racially hostile, prosecutors said. Investigators determined that after January 2021, Hiestand was placing the calls from outside the state of Montana.Hiestand was arrested in November 2022 in Indiana and has remained in custody since then.Hiestand’s public defender Gillian Gosch asked for a sentence of time served, arguing her client's actions were affected by his mental health issues, which have resulted in psychiatric hospitalizations and which appear to be worsened by his use of illegal substances.The Bureau of Prisons will decide whether Hiestand will receive credit for the 11 months he has already been in custody, officials said.Hiestand remained in custody in the Yellowstone County jail on Monday.。 8月9日,国家防总办公室、应急管理部组织中国气象局、水利部、自然资源部、工业和信息化部、住房城乡建设部、交通运输部等部门以及浙江、江苏、安徽等重点省份联合会商,研判台风“白海豚”发展趋势,部署防范应对工作。国家防总办公室主任、应急管理部副部长兼水利部副部长陈敏主持会商。台风“白海豚”于9日傍晚在浙江沿海两次登陆。会商指出,台风登陆期间风雨猛烈,近岸风险管控、海堤水闸安全面临严峻挑战,城镇洪涝、山洪和地质灾害等可能多发重发,其残余环流可能与北方冷涡结合,给华北、山东半岛甚至东北等地带来降雨,防汛防台风工作形势严峻复杂。会商要求,要认真贯彻习近平总书记关于防汛救灾的重要指示批示精神,按照李强总理指示要求,落实国家防办防台风“12条措施”,全力做好“白海豚”防范应对工作。要梯次做好“三个阶段工作”,加强避风船只和上岸避险人员安全管理,做好风险隐患排查整改和陆上人员转移避险,落实重点领域抢险救援力量,确保第一时间开展抢险抢通,及时开展救灾救助。

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