UMass student arrested for e-mail threat

[chanel]

A self-described Massachusetts "political activist" was arrested Monday night and charged with sending a threatening e-mail to Florida Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, an hour after the Arizona shooting that killed six and critically injured U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

The unsigned e-mail, sent to Snyder's state House of Representatives address on Jan. 8, told the legislator to "stop that ridiculous law if you value your and your familie's lives."

Snyder has proposed a bill cracking down on illegal immigration for Florida in a manner similar to what Arizona has done.

TCPalm reported that Pintado was being held in a Massachusetts jail pending his transfer to face charges in Martin County. He is under a $450,000 bail on charges of corruption by threat and sending a written threat to kill or do bodily harm. The charges are second- and third-degree felonies.

Man arrested in threat made against Stuart's Rep. William Snyder shortly after Arizona shootings

Newsworthy?

 

[jillian]

As newsworthy as this maybe? did i miss your thread on it.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Palm Springs man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of threatening in phone messages to kill U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott.

Charles Turner Habermann, 32, was taken into custody four days after U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded in an Tucson, Arizona shooting spree that killed six people and wounded 13.

According to the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Habermann left two threatening, expletive-filled voicemail messages at the Seattle office of McDermott on December 10.
In the first message, according to the complaint, Habermann called McDermott, a Democrat, "disgusting, filthy, murderous" and a criminal and threatens to kill him if he ever "f---s around with my money."

Charles Turner Habermann Arrested For Making Threats Against Rep. Jim McDermott

 

[chanel]

Charles Turner Habermann
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Manuel Pintado
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[jillian]

Charles Turner Habermann
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Manuel Pintado
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the first happened a month ago.

the second just happened, didn't it? not a lot of time for articles to add up, but i didn't realize that was the criteria.

you can't claim something wasn't covered if it has 57 news articles.

and the first crossed two media areas.

*shrug*

 

[chanel]

Fair enough. I'll check back in a month. (unless I forget, which I most likely will)

 

[jillian]

Fair enough. I'll check back in a month. (unless I forget, which I most likely will)

lol..

see, this is one of the reasons i like you. when something is pointed out to you that makes sense, you at least consider it.