House majority leader Eric Cantor's family threatened, FBI arrests suspect

(CBS/AP) RICHMOND, Va. - A Tennessee man is sitting in jail today after he allegedly threatened to kill the family of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.

FBI agents arrested 62-year-old Glendon Swift of Lenoir City on Wednesday.

He is accused of leaving two voicemail messages at Cantor's office in suburban Richmond on the evening of Oct. 27. In the profanity-laced messages, the caller uses an anti-Semitic slur. He also says he is going to destroy Cantor, rape his daughter and kill his wife.

Swift made a preliminary appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. in Knoxville on Thursday.

Cantor spokeswoman Laena Fallon said the six-term Republican congressman had no comment on the threats.

If convicted, Swift faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.