Two days later, after a member of the public reported him to police, 31-year-old Evans was arrested and eventually charged with the felony 'terrorist threatenings' and faced between five and 10 years behind bars. He tells Billboard: "It's surreal, I didn't think anything would come of it. I couldn't believe it got that out of hand."

Evans, who has a wife and an infant son, has had his case deferred for six months for him to undergo a court-ordered mental assessment, for which he has not yet been given a date. He has been told that so long as he complies with the resulting report, the charges will be dropped and erased from his record. He says: "They can watch all day. I don't do anything wrong. I pretty much work and come home. That's it."

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky says it will represent Evans in court. Executive director Michael Aldridge says: "The First Amendment exists to protect people from government censorship of unpopular, but otherwise lawful, speech. There is no greater threat to our ability to exercise that right than to be thrown in jail for doing so." more - here.

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