CEDAR RAPIDS — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a Waterloo man, who sent threatening tweets last August to U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, to six years in prison.The sentence goes beyond the statutory guideline. U.S. District Senior Judge Linda Reade said the severity of the sentence is not only because Joseph Dierks, 34, threatened to kill or otherwise harm the U.S.
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