2 Charged Over Instagram Threats to Federal Agent

Two men were indicted this week for allegedly using social media to target a federal deportation officer and his wife with calls for violence, according to the Department of Justice.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced the indictment Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. The men were identified as Frank Andrew Waszut, 41, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Anthony Patrick Noto, 63, of Ronkonkoma, New York. They each face charges for knowingly transmitting threats to injure a federal agent and his spouse.

According to court documents, Waszut posted a video on Instagram showing photographs of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with the statement, “This is him unmasked … So, go ahead and make him famous … catch him when he’s alone.”

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