Threat to Gregoire brings arrest; state guarding Rossi, too (SeattleTimes)

[icymist]

Threat to Gregoire brings arrest; state guarding Rossi, too

Friday, February 04, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.



Threat to Gregoire brings arrest; state guarding Rossi, too

By Ralph Thomas

Seattle Times Olympia bureau

OLYMPIA — A Yakima County man was arrested on suspicion of making a death threat against Gov. Christine Gregoire and her family last month.

Gregoire said she had received threats in the wake of her hotly contested election victory, and that's why her office has declined to release details of her schedule.

The State Patrol also has continued around-the-clock protection for Gregoire's opponent, Republican Dino Rossi, because of security concerns.

Jeff Martelli, 47, of Wapato, was arrested Jan. 19 on suspicion threatening Gregoire and her daughters, said Megan Murphy, a Yakima County deputy prosecutor.

Murphy said Martelli was being treated at a mental-health clinic when he made the threat. A clinician reported the threat to the State Patrol, and he was arrested the next day. Martelli was released from jail this week after posting a $10,000 bail.

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[Gman]

1. Somebody must have been reading Free Republic

those threats are daily over there. I saw a post there the other day against the judge that ruled in favor of the Guantanamo detainees but the threatener later said it would be a waste of a good bullet.

[Rose Siding]

2. She gets threats so Rossi needs protection?

OK.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Should he now be locked up and tortured?

Where is the outrage from the right? A sitting Governor is threatened and their is no outcry for justice Gonzalez style?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. It's A Good Thing We Have A Uniter In The White House

Think how bad things would be if he were a divider, instead. Oh wait. . .
The Professor

[ck4829]

5. Can't the RW'ers just move on?

Diebold stole the Election in Ohio, where is the activism for that?