ALBANY — A Marcy man admitted in federal court in Albany on Wednesday to mailing a threatening letter to a woman who was trying to break up with him, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Richard Hileman, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of mailing a threatening communication, prosecutors said. He faces a maximum of five years in prison when he returns for sentencing on Jan. 27.

Prosecutors said that Hileman mailed a letter to a woman in Saratoga County on Sept. 3, 2021, threatening her not to end their personal relationship. Among the comments that Hileman wrote, he told the woman, "I have 2 different guns and a vest...I told you before if you left me, someone will pay. People don't really know me — once I set my mind it's set; if you contact anyone it will not be nice."

Hileman also wrote that if the woman contacted law enforcement, "your lovely kids won't have a mother, I swear on my dead son they can't keep me forever, I'll get out one day."