ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE, BE SURE TO CONTACT MILWAUKEE POLICE. >> THE MILWAUKEE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF FRAMING AN IMMIGRANT IN AN ASSASSINATION HOAX IS NOW HEADED TO PRISON. A JUDGE SENTENCED DEMETRIUS SCOTT TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS BEHIND BARS. PROSECUTORS SAY SCOTT POSED AS RAMON MORALES REYES IN A LETTER THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT IN ORDER TO GET
Milwaukee man sentenced for framing immigrant in Trump assassination threat hoax
Demetric Scott received a six-and-a-half-year sentence Friday.
Updated: 10:56 PM CST Feb 27, 2026
The Milwaukee man found guilty of framing an immigrant in an assassination hoax is heading to prison. A judge sentenced Demetric Scott to six-and-a-half years behind bars Friday.Prosecutors said Scott posed as Ramon Morales-Reyes in a letter last year threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump. They said Scott was trying to get Morales-Reyes deported so he could not testify against Scott in a separate case.
MILWAUKEE —
The Milwaukee man found guilty of framing an immigrant in an assassination hoax is heading to prison.
A judge sentenced Demetric Scott to 6.5 years behind bars Friday.
Prosecutors said Scott posed as Ramon Morales-Reyes in a letter last year threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump. They said Scott was trying to get Morales-Reyes deported so he could not testify against Scott in a separate case.