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Brevard man arrested for threatening Sanford police chief, cops say
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A Melbourne Beach man upset by the Trayvon Martin shooting investigation was arrested Friday, accused of sending a profanity laced, threatening email to Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee Jr.
Seminole County deputies began investigating Thursday, after 68-year-old John Carnduff Stewart sent an 8:23 a.m. email to Lee with the subject line "Coming after you," the Sheriff's Office said.
"You and your family deserve to be hunted down and shot like a dog, just like Trayvon Martin," deputies said Stewart wrote. He called the Sanford Police Department "bigoted" and "unprofessional."
"I have more weapons than your entire police department and I would love to use some of them to take you down," the email says. Stewart ended his message, deputies say, with his home address.
"I dare you to visit my home or send one of your officers and find out exactly how long you or other police officers would last," says the short email, which was released Friday afternoon.
Investigators took Stewart up on his dare Friday morning, searching his home and finding "additional threatening emails" on his computer. He confessed to sending Lee the email, deputies say.
"I know what this is about," Stewart told investigators, according to his arrest report. "I sent the emails, and I wanted to piss them off."
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-23/news/os-trayvon-martin-threat-arrest-chief-lee-20120323_1_shooting-investigation-arrest-shooter-deputies
CurtEastPoint
(18,622 posts)Booster
(10,021 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,283 posts)no resources, leaving no stone unturned...
drm604
(16,230 posts)He didn't send an email but he was certainly acting threatening towards him. What's the difference here?
shraby
(21,946 posts)private citizen being threatened.
drm604
(16,230 posts)young black man being threatened.