Man who threatened to kill election official sentenced to 2.5 years

LOS ANGELES — A man who repeatedly threatened to kill an Arizona election official was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, as investigators warned of increasing hostility toward poll workers ahead of this year's high-stakes votes.

Joshua Russell, from Ohio, directed numerous expletive-laden tirades against the person chiefly responsible for the smooth running of the 2022 mid-term election in Arizona, the state's department of justice said.