A federal grand jury in Nashville has indicted a former Assistant U.S. Attorney on charges of threatening to murder his former supervisors and their children.
Alexander Strohmeyer, who previously worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was indicted on 12 counts of threatening to murder law enforcement officers and members of their immediate family.
The underlying criminal complaint was filed under seal on July 30 and later unsealed, revealing the disturbing nature of the alleged threats made by Strohmeyer.
Strohmeyer was terminated from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on or about August 8, 2024, after approximately one year of service in the office.
During his tenure, he worked within the General Crimes and White Collar units, where he handled violent crime, firearms, and narcotics cases.
According to his professional biography at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP, where he subsequently worked, Strohmeyer had built a career focused on serious criminal matters before his termination.
On July 22, 2026, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant charging him under Tennessee’s intimate digital depictions statute, marking the beginning of formal legal proceedings against him.
The U.S. Marshals Service adopted the warrant the following day and immediately opened a fugitive investigation to locate Strohmeyer.
Marshals ultimately arrested him on August 3 in Colorado, where he had been located in the Boulder area after fleeing following the warrant’s issuance.
Text messages identified during the investigation referenced criminal gangs, AR-15s, and poisoning children, content that federal prosecutors have described as genuinely disturbing.
The screenshots of the alleged threatening communications form a central part of the prosecution’s case against the former federal lawyer.
The case was flagged by Seamus Hughes and Peter Beck in their Court Watch roundup, drawing wider attention to the serious allegations against a one-time officer of the court.
The indictment serves as a stark reminder that those trained to prosecute threats against public officials are equally subject to the full weight of federal law.