Feds arrest, charge California man with threatening WA Congressman McDermott
January 13th, 2011 - 1:49 am ICT by BNO NewsPALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) — A 32-year-old Palm Springs, California man was arrested on Wednesday morning after being charged with making death threats against Washington Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott, prosecutors said.
Charles Turner Habermann is accused of making two expletive-laden, threatening phone calls to the Seattle office of McDermott on December 9 over his views on tax cuts and unemployment insurance. In one of the calls, Habermann allegedly threatened to kill McDermott and his friends and family.
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