Self-proclaimed Escambia (Ala.) White Supremacist Sentenced For Threatening DA With ‘Horrible And Painful Death’

April 30, 2025

An Escambia County (Ala.) man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for sending a death threat to a district attorney in south Alabama.

A federal judge in Mobile sentenced 54-year-old William Terry Holmes of Brewton to 60 months in prison after Holmes pleaded guilty to mailing a threatening communication. The sentence, the maximum allowed under the federal statute, will run consecutively to the state prison term Holmes is currently serving with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on unrelated charges. There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to the prison sentence, Holmes was ordered to pay $26,185.70 in restitution.

According to court documents and Holmes’s plea agreement, the threat arose after a man that Holmes claimed to know was convicted of capital murder for the killing of a police officer. On March 19, 2024, Holmes, who was an inmate serving a state prison sentence with ADOC, sent a letter to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the capital murder case. The letter began, “I am personally writing you to inform you we know where you live,” and went on to identify Holmes as a member of a known white supremacist group. Holmes threatened that the district attorney, the district attorney’s family, and the judge involved in the case would suffer “a very horrible and painful death” in retaliation for the conviction and the pursuit of the death penalty against his alleged associate.

On March 22, 2024, agents interviewed Holmes. During the interview, Holmes admitted to writing the letter and claimed he had associates watching the district attorney, warning that the prosecutor had only hours to live. Security precautions had already been taken to protect the district attorney and his family. Holmes pleaded guilty to mailing the threatening communication on January 28, 2025.

“No one who serves the cause of justice, or the families of those who serve, should ever be threatened for doing their job,” said acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson. “Our system depends on the courage of prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officers. Threats against them are attacks on the rule of law itself and cannot be tolerated.”

“There is no place in our justice system for threats of violence – especially leveled at officers of the court,” said acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley. “The FBI is committed to ensuring those who serve justice can do so without fear and will hold offenders accountable.”

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5 Responses to “Self-proclaimed Escambia (Ala.) White Supremacist Sentenced For Threatening DA With ‘Horrible And Painful Death’”

  1. Oh My on May 5th, 2025 10:57 pm

    @Kel “ Earthworm Jim” made me laugh so hard! Needed a laughter warning.

  2. Kel on May 3rd, 2025 5:33 am

    The funniest thing about white supremacists is that they always look like the exact opposite of anything that could be defined as supreme lol. I’m not surprised at all he looks like Earthworm Jim.

  3. Hmmm on April 30th, 2025 12:51 pm

    If this is the peak of the human race, as he believes, we are in big trouble.

  4. Sam on April 30th, 2025 9:24 am

    I just can not figure out where these evil
    People come from. I’m sure it’s his parents fault or society’ right? (SMH). I guess we just have to let God sort em out.

  5. Susie on April 30th, 2025 9:16 am

    Looks like Holmes is wishing the “horrible, painful” threat on himself on the way to Hades with his beliefs. Blessings to anyone he’s offended with that evil nonsense.

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