On August 17th, former Blue Ridge Parkway maintenance supervisor Kurt Amacher was sentenced to five years in prison for threatening to murder an NPS special agent and for possession of a machine gun. In 2005, NPS special agents led an investigation that resulted in the conviction of Amacher for possession of child pornography, possession of an unregistered machine gun, and theft of government property. Amacher was sentenced to just under six years in prison. While in prison, he threatened to murder the NPS special agent who headed up the investigation and solicited outside help on several occasions to assist with his plan. During the solicitations, Amacher disclosed the locations of a number of weapons he had hidden during the initial investigation. Special agents with the NPS and ATF were able to recover these weapons. Twelve guns were found, two of them machine guns. Amacher’s five year prison sentence is to be served consecutive to his previous sentence, bringing the total time of incarceration to almost 11 years.
