Mobile man sentenced after threatening former boss: USDOJ

Summer Poole
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison after he reportedly made threats to kill his former boss, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

42-year-old Cloepha Darneyl Franks was convicted of transmitting interstate threats to injure at a trial in November 2023.

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Cloepha Franks mug shot, placed on a blue background with the WKRG.com logo
A mugshot of Cloepha Franks (Photo courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office).

The release said Franks had been fired from a local construction company after he “sent a series of threatening text messages” to his former boss where he threatened to kill him.

Franks had sent the messages from Alabama to the former boss who was in Mississippi.

“The victim testified about receiving the threats. He and other witnesses from the construction company testified about precautions taken after Franks transmitted the threats and the fear his actions caused,” the release said. “The FBI testified concerning the ongoing threat to life investigation and evidence obtained from Franks’ cell phone records.”

After Franks serves his 33 months in prison, he will have a 3-year term of supervised release.

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