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A gun-loving California grocer allegedly bombarded the father of a school shooting victim with hundreds of emails, calling his late teen a slut, a cunt, and human waste, accusing her dad of molesting her, and signing off his most recent missive: God Bless President Trump. Fuck joe biden.
Fresno resident James Catalano, 61, is charged with one count of cyberstalking, following a months-long harassment campaign that targeted prominent gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg, according to a federal complaint first obtained by The Daily Beast. Guttenbergs daughter Jaime, 14, was one of 17 people gunned down in 2018 by a fellow student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. He is now in the penalty phase of his trial, and a jury continues to deliberate as to whether or not he will receive the death penalty.
Last December, Guttenbergwho is identified only as F.G. in the complaintbegan receiving a slew of harassing messages submitted to him through the contact page of his website, the filing states. Many of these messages referred to his daughter, the manner of her death, her pain and suffering as she was murdered, and his advocacy against gun violence.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-feds-tracked-down-james-catalano-trump-fanatic-accused-of-bombarding-fred-guttenberg-with-threats
Blue Owl
(51,361 posts)No mercy for these depraved fanatics...
MyOwnPeace
(17,000 posts)a SPECIAL place in hell for scum like this.
SO sorry for all of the survivors, let alone the victims, of our continuing gun insanity and the idiocy encouraged and supported by IQ45
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ornotna
(10,875 posts)Monster.
Ray Bruns
(4,207 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,812 posts)Thats some dedicated and fanatical crazy. People like that are dangerous.
DFW
(54,936 posts)And a 42% favorable rating in the polls after an appearance with Trump at one of his rallies at the water park in Fresno.
oswaldactedalone
(3,497 posts)Fox Noose in 10, 9, 8, . Hannitys featured guest tonight possibly?
yardwork
(62,066 posts)Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd will note that he has some interesting points.
niyad
(115,079 posts)ancianita
(36,553 posts)This must a right wing DA's either taking it easy on some coward so he doesn't lose any future cyber access, or be some statutory constraint not mentioned in the report.
Still. On the face of it, this is way too light a charge.
Hermit-The-Prog
(34,260 posts)If you can stand getting through the hateful messages that creature sent, you will find the penalty:
"If convicted, Catalano faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine."
ancianita
(36,553 posts)Yeah, I'm impatient with hate that way. So thanks, again.
Hermit-The-Prog
(34,260 posts)XanaDUer2
(11,177 posts)kimbutgar
(21,533 posts)Would you go into a store knowing the owner is that evil and deprived to attack a father whos child died in a senseless gun violence incident?
Not a dime of my money !
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,526 posts)and not allowed to utter one damn word.
This guy Catalano's personality appears so typical of far too many Americans that have been corralled by the GOP's pushing hatred of government, taxes and regulation. Most are selfish, self-centered, domineering, arrogant, misogynistic, and cruel.
He also quacks like the duck called psychopath, as he apparently does not care about damage done to others and repeated the same offense not just once but many, many times.
I hope this case gets lots of national attention.
KY.....
hadEnuf
(2,325 posts)Doing what he did is not normal or even so much criminal as it is very, very sick and demented.
SergeStorms
(19,217 posts)J-C Markets is located in Fresno, California. This organization primarily operates in the Commercial and Industrial Building Operation business / industry within the Real Estate sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 55 years. J-C Markets is estimated to generate $275,410 in annual revenues, and employs approximately 2 people at this single location.
I'd say Mr. Catalano's business is going to go tits up after his ensuing conviction. Looks like he furnishes realtors with noshes for open houses etc. Not a real big player in the market.
I hope he thinks it was all worth it. His name is Mudd now.
tulipsandroses
(5,209 posts)Lets not waste money prosecuting him. And no I am not sorry for saying that.
sinkingfeeling
(51,715 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(34,260 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)1-5-21 ...Potential that is. Dem and R party headquarters on the eve of 1-6.
Amazing he/she hasn't been found huh.