Cape Coral man with violent past sentenced for threatening calls to Florida, Georgia and Alaska: DOJ

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)— A Cape Coral man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for making interstate threats to kill multiple people across three states, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Paul Richard Lukas, 51, was sentenced to four years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.

Court records show that on Jan. 30, Lukas made several threatening phone calls saying he would kill multiple people in Florida, Georgia and Alaska — about a month after he was released from Florida state prison for violent offenses.

One of the victims reported the threats to the FBI, which then asked the Cape Coral Police Department for help.

Less than an hour after the FBI received word of the threats, Cape Coral police found Lukas at his home, where they also found several empty rifle cases.

When handing down the sentence, the court took into account Lukas's lengthy criminal history of roughly 40 prior adult convictions, many involving batteries, assaults and threats against others.

Lukas pleaded guilty on May 20.

The FBI and the Cape Coral Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Redavid prosecuted it.