Woman who sent threats to an election official in gets 30 days in jail
DETROIT (AP) — A New Hampshire woman was sentenced to 30 days in federal jail Tuesday for texting threats to a Detroit-area election official after a November 2020 meeting to certify local results in that year’s presidential race.
Katelyn Jones, 26, formerly of Olivet, Michigan, and now living in Epping, New Hampshire, targeted Monica Palmer, the Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, and her family, the FBI said in a court filing.
Investigators say Jones sent photos of a dead body and threatened Palmer on Nov. 18, 2020, apparently because she was upset that Palmer and another Republican on the four-member Board of Canvassers initially refused to certify Wayne County’s election results on Nov. 17. The certification is typically a routine step on the way to statewide certification.
The two members subsequently certified the totals in favor of Joe Biden after people watching the public meeting on video conference criticized them during a comment period.
Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of threats of violence through interstate commerce.
Court filings in the case indicate she was coping with unspecified physical and mental health issues, The Detroit News reported.
The Associated Press left a telephone message seeking comment with Jones’ attorney.
The Criminal Defense Association of Michigan will present the webinar “Defending Health Professional Licensees:?Consequences of a Criminal Conviction” Friday, February 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. via Zoom.
The focus of the webinar is to help educate criminal defense lawyers who represent a licensed health professional in an attendant licensing disciplinary action, particularly as to the potential consequences of a criminal conviction on the licensee’s license.
Presenting at the webinar will be attorney Kurt E. Krause of Chartier & Nyamfukudza PLC. Krause has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney, including working in the Attorney General’s Office as an assistant attorney general as well as a high-ranking state official. His practice has covered a wide variety of issues and trial work, including the areas of health care fraud and health professional licensing matters.
Cost for the webinar is $40 for CDAM members and $50 for non-members.
To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
Katelyn Jones, 26, formerly of Olivet, Michigan, and now living in Epping, New Hampshire, targeted Monica Palmer, the Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, and her family, the FBI said in a court filing.
Investigators say Jones sent photos of a dead body and threatened Palmer on Nov. 18, 2020, apparently because she was upset that Palmer and another Republican on the four-member Board of Canvassers initially refused to certify Wayne County’s election results on Nov. 17. The certification is typically a routine step on the way to statewide certification.
The two members subsequently certified the totals in favor of Joe Biden after people watching the public meeting on video conference criticized them during a comment period.
Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of threats of violence through interstate commerce.
Court filings in the case indicate she was coping with unspecified physical and mental health issues, The Detroit News reported.
The Associated Press left a telephone message seeking comment with Jones’ attorney.
‘Defending Health Professional Licensees’ focus of CDAM webinar
The Criminal Defense Association of Michigan will present the webinar “Defending Health Professional Licensees:?Consequences of a Criminal Conviction” Friday, February 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. via Zoom.
The focus of the webinar is to help educate criminal defense lawyers who represent a licensed health professional in an attendant licensing disciplinary action, particularly as to the potential consequences of a criminal conviction on the licensee’s license.
Presenting at the webinar will be attorney Kurt E. Krause of Chartier & Nyamfukudza PLC. Krause has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney, including working in the Attorney General’s Office as an assistant attorney general as well as a high-ranking state official. His practice has covered a wide variety of issues and trial work, including the areas of health care fraud and health professional licensing matters.
Cost for the webinar is $40 for CDAM members and $50 for non-members.
To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
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