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Defendant Sentenced for Online Threats Published: 07 April 2021 07 April 2021 Phoenix, Arizona - Austin Ryan Steinbart, 30, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to a sentence of time served. At the time of sentencing, Steinbart had served 225 days in prison. Steinbart previously pleaded guilty to Interstate Communications with Intent to Extort, a Class E felony. Between March 21 and 23, 2020, Steinbart made threats to degrade and destroy the operations of a file storage and file sharing company through videos and posts on his YouTube ...

A Chandler man who served 225 days in prison in an online threats case has been sentenced to time served.

Chandler man sentenced to time served in online threats case By Associated Press PHOENIX - A sentenced to time served. Federal prosecutors said 30-year-old Austin Ryan Steinbart previously pleaded guilty to interstate communications with intent to extort. In March 2020, Steinbart was accused of making threats to degrade and destroy the operations of a file storage and file-sharing company through videos and posts on his YouTube channel after the company suspended his account. Prosecutors said Steinbart directed his thousands of YouTube subscribers to flood the company’s tech support line w...