WACO – A Dripping Springs man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making threats to kill people at Fort Hood earlier this year.

Thomas Anthony Chesnut, 29, of Dripping Springs, was sentenced Dec. 8, roughly two months after a federal jury convicted him on one count of threatening to assault or murder a uniformed service member, as well as one count of interstate communications to threaten or injure, according to a U.S. Western District Court press release.

In addition to the ...