BOISE, Idaho — Menacing graffiti. Bullets labeled with threats to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean. Discussions of mass violence. Four firearms, including an assault rifle, and tactical gear. Writings avowing loyalty to a right-wing extremist ideology.
On Monday, Erik K. Ehrlin, 33 — the man prosecutors said was responsible for all of this — was sentenced to 6½ years in prison by a federal judge in Boise. He pleaded guilty to counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and assault on a federal officer in January.
In a sentencing memorandum, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit called Ehrlin, a resident of Greenleaf in Canyon County, a “radicalized extremist.”
