A Lewiston man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for leaving a racially motivated, threatening voicemail for a neighbor.
Charles Allen Barnes, 47, allegedly “used an interstate communications service to transmit a voice message in which he used racial slurs and stated that he was outside a neighbor’s residence and would kill any Black person who emerged,” according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Barnes chose the neighbor based on the neighbor’s race, according to the DOJ. The department did not list Barnes’ race.
The FBI’s Boston Division investigated the case.
Barnes was charged with one count of violating the federal interstate threats statute. If convicted, he would face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
