Convicted Killer In California Prison Accused Of Threats To Kill Maryland Prosecutor's Family

CBS Bay Area

August 26, 2025

A convicted killer from Maryland who is being held at a federal prison in California is facing new charges for allegedly threatening to kill a prosecutor's family, officials said.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, a jury on Thursday indicted 35-year-old Stanislav Yelizarov on a charge of threatening the family of a federal official. Originally from Pikesville, Maryland, Yelizarov is an inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Atwater, a high-security federal prison in Merced County.

Court documents allege on March 23 that Yelizarov communicated a threat to an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Maryland over a recorded prison telephone line that he intended to kill the prosecutor's "whole family". The U.S. Attorney's office said he had previously sent threatening letters to the prosecutor, who was involved in cases involving Yelizarov.

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