Mar. 6, 2026
Former OC man gets 84 months for threats against family court judge
A federal judge sentenced a former Laguna Niguel man to more than seven years in prison after a jury found he sent violent threats against the Orange County Superior Court judge who presided over his family law case.
A former Orange County man was sentenced Thursday to serve 84 months in federal prison for threatening to kill the superior court judge who presided over his family law case, capping a prosecution that began after a series of violent messages he sent from Mexico in 2023.
U.S. District Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter imposed the sentence on Byrom Zuniga Sanchez, 34, formerly of Laguna Niguel, and ordered him to pay $22,790 in restitution. United States v. Byrom Zuniga Sanchez,
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