According to legal docs obtained by TMZ, L.A. police recently executed a warrant to search Twitter records for the identity of a user who threatened the lives of Jeff and his family.

The ventriloquist and comedian was allegedly receiving death threats from one of his Twitter followers.

After police received a warrant to search through Twitter to investigate the situation, a law enforcement source told TMZ that the man has been tracked down and will no longer be a threat to Dunham and his family.

"Wanna go scare some kids?? Maybe kill 'em too? I'ts all yers buddy [sic]," the alleged man tweeted at Dunham.

In another tweet at Dunham, the man said, "YOUR NEXT ON MY LEEST ... Guess who's outsideeeee." He followed that by saying, "You have approximately 4 months b4 death ... CHOOSE what you WILL do b4 you DIEEEEE...."

The tweets didn't stop with the ventriloquist. This man went to Twitter to express his alleged plans to Jeff's wife, Audrey.

"Your husbands name was spoken ... 4 months is his limit ... of DEATH ... I WILL DRAG HIM INTO MY CAPTURE ...."

Some of Dunham's comedy acts were televised on Comedy Central. He even had a short-lived sitcom, called "The Jeff Dunham Show," which lasted for seven episodes in 2009.