Dayton man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Congressman

DAYTON, Ohio – A Dayton man admitted in federal court here today to threatening to kill a United States Congressman.  

Jeffery Dorsey, 60, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty to making interstate communications with a threat to inure.  

According to court documents, Dorsey left a voicemail on the Congressman’s main office line threatening to kill the representative if he voted to make cuts to Medicaid.  

He stated, in part, “If you vote to take my f***ing Medicaid away, I’m gonna cut your f***ing head off…But I tell you this, clearly to your brain, if you f*** with my Medicaid, you’re a dead f***.”

Dorsey was charged federally and arrested in July 2025. 

Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Adam Lawson, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division, announced the guilty plea entered today before Senior U.S. District Judge Walter H. Rice. Assistant United States Attorney Ryan A. Saunders is representing the United States in this case.

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