A Moweaqua man has been sentenced for threatening a public official. 27 year old Travis L. Sinnard of Moweaqua was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offense of threatening a public official.  This is a Class 3 felony with a sentencing range of probation to 5 years in prison.

The incident occured on August 11th, when Shelby County Sheriff's deputies made contact with Sinnard at his home.  Sheriff's were there to serve Sinnard with an order of protection. According to the Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke, when Sinnard answered the door of a residence, he had a knife in his hand and threatened to cut the throats of the two sheriff's deputies that were there to serve him. 

Sinnard physically resisted arrest and claimed that “this is all being done by the Democratic party.”  The knife was seized as evidence and one deputy was injured during the incident.  Sinnard has remained in the Shelby County Jail since his arrest in August.