A bipolar house painter arrested with a loaded rifle was sentenced to one year supervised release in New York on Friday for threatening to kill former president George W. Bush.
Benjamin Smith, 45, has spent six months in custody since his January 31 arrest in Manhattan in possession of a loaded rifle, a machete, two boxes of ammunition and a gasoline container.
He threatened to "kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm" on the former president and said he wanted to date his daughter Barbara, who heads a non-profit based in New York.
US federal Judge Sidney Stein sentenced him to time served and a one-year supervised release, including six months home detention at his mother's property in New York state.
Dressed in navy prison scrubs, Smith apologized "to anyone I may have offended" when given an opportunity to speak.
"May the good Lord bless America, bless this court and bless Israel. Praise Jesus," he said calmly into the microphone.
He was arrested by Secret Service agents after his mother phoned police discovering that her son had left home and left a note saying he was going to work for Bush and the Pentagon.
"I have to slay a dragon and then Barbara Bush is mine and America is finished," the note said.
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