What began as a fantasy football feud ended with a Pennsylvania man pleading guilty to federal felony charges in connection with a fake mass shooting threat that crossed international borders and a fake domestic bomb threat. Matthew Gabriel of Philadelphia got into an argument with a member of his fantasy football league in a group chat in August 2023. After learning his league-mate was traveling to Norway to study abroad, Gabriel allegedly submitted an anonymous online tip to the Norwegian Police Security Service.'His actions were extremely disruptive and consumed significant law enforcement resources on two continents, diverting them from actual incidents and investigations.'The tip read: "On August 15th a man named [Victim 1] is headed around Oslo and has a shooting planned with multiple people on his side involved. They plan to take as many as they can at a concert and then head to a department store. I don’t know any more people then [sic] that."The tipster added, "I just can’t have random people dying on my conscience. He plans to arrive there unarmed spend a couple days normal and then execute the attack. Please be ready. He is around a 5 foot 7 read [sic] head coming from America, on the 10th or 11th I believe. He should have weapons with him. Please be careful." Law enforcement in Norway and the United States spent more than 900 investigative hours over a five-day span, according to the New York Post. When interviewed by the FBI, Gabriel allegedly admitted that he had submitted the tip and that he had fabricated the mass shooting threat. Despite prosecutors filing federal charges for the first phony tip, Gabriel “inexplicably” fabricated a bomb threat to frame the fantasy football league member.United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero stated, “While already being prosecuted for one hoax threat spurred by, of all things, his fantasy football league, Matthew Gabriel inexplicably decided to send another.” In March 2024, the University of Iowa received an email with the subject line “Possible Threat.” "Hello, I saw this in a group chat I’m in and just want to make sure everyone is safe and fine," the email began. "I don’t want anything bad to happen to anybody. Thank you. A man named [PERSON 1] from I believe Nebraska sent this, and I want to make sure that it is a joke and no one will get hurt."The email contained a screenshot of a fantasy football group message that read: “Hello University of Iowa a man named [Victim 1] told me he was gonna blow up the school.”The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stated in a press release, "Gabriel knew that the victim was not going to blow up the university and that the message had been sent in jest by another member of the fantasy football group regarding Gabriel’s prior threat. Despite knowing that there was no actual threat to the University of Iowa, the defendant transmitted the email knowing that the University of Iowa would view it as a true threat."Gabriel’s attorney, Lonny Fish, told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Wednesday, “It was just a practical joke. It probably went a little further than it was meant to go.”On Wednesday, the 25-year-old pleaded guilty to two felony counts of transmitting interstate threats — each punishable by up to five years in prison. Gabriel is set to be sentenced in January, and prosecutors agreed to recommend a 15-month house arrest sentence and three years of probation.“This guy is fortunate as hell to get house arrest,” Fish said of his client. “I wouldn’t recommend anyone else do this and expect to get the same result.”U.S. Attorney Romero said, “His actions were extremely disruptive and consumed significant law enforcement resources on two continents, diverting them from actual incidents and investigations. Hoax threats aren’t a joke or protected speech, they’re a crime. My advice to keyboard warriors who’d like to avoid federal charges: always think of the potential consequences before you hit ‘post’ or ‘send.’”Wayne A. Jacobs, special agent in charge of FBI Philadelphia, declared, “You do not get to express emotions through violence or threats of violence. We thank our international partners for their assistance in bringing together this case."What sparked the fantasy football league feud was not revealed.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Two assassination attempts against a former president and the current Republican presidential candidate in under two months is already a catastrophe beyond words. Despite this, “the left had the audacity to blame president Trump,” ridicules Liz Wheeler. But she knows the truth: “The rhetoric from the left – calling Trump Hitler, calling him an authoritarian, calling him a dictator, calling him evil, telling women that he's trying to take over their bodies, telling LGBTQIA-identifying people that he's trying to marginalize them and genocide them, that his policies will kill them” is the real reason leftist maniacs keep plotting to kill him. - YouTube youtu.be She points to a recent tweet from none other than Kamala Harris as one of countless examples of the inflammatory rhetoric employed by the left: “14 days [after she posted this tweet], Ryan Routh tried to assassinate Donald J. Trump. Do you think that this is not correlated?” asks Liz. What’s even more disturbing is that Routh, from what evidence tells us, wasn’t “a babbling schizophrenic hearing voices telling him to kill Donald Trump.” Routh was just “a Democrat who very clearly fell for the rhetoric – the Hitler rhetoric – of the Democrat Party” and who likely felt “he would be doing a service to humanity to take Trump out,” says Liz, adding that the left’s emotive language is “intended to create situations like this, create people who are willing to murder President Donald J. Trump.” Equally disturbing is the fact that the mainstream media, which is just the marketing arm of the Democrat Party, has essentially “dismissed [the first assassination attempt] from the news cycle.” Just last week, when Donald Trump brought up the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt during his debate against Kamala Harris, “the ABC moderator cut him off.” “We're still talking about the JFK assassination, what, 70 years later? But six weeks after Donald Trump was the victim of an attempted assassination … according to ABC, we should just move on to another topic,” Liz condemns. “They want Donald Trump dead. Period.” To hear more of Liz’s scathing commentary, including her deep dive into Routh’s disturbing and violent past, watch the clip above. Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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