Overview
- Court filings unsealed this week say the email to country singer Alexis Wilkins warned her to “watch your back” and used violent language.
- Investigators say the message was sent Feb. 28 while Wilkins was in Arizona, and she reported feeling frightened and changed upcoming travel plans.
- Authorities allege the sender used an anonymized Apple iCloud account that was traced to Alden W. Ruml, who was interviewed at his Cambridge workplace.
- Ruml pleaded not guilty on March 13 to one federal count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and was released on personal recognizance with court-ordered mental health counseling.
- Agents wrote that Ruml said he was upset by reporting on FBI-provided security for Wilkins, and prosecutors say he faces up to five years in prison if convicted, with a court hearing set for April 14.