Damn, the sheer banality of her revenge fantasies demonstrates the paucity of the Paranoid Party's imagination, even when delusional. And lack of self-control. Couldn't even keep herself from posting something that juvenile on her Facebook page. Note also she had filed a "discrimination" case. So maybe she's a liberal, unless she's a hypocrite. No special laws or rights for you, woman!Morgan County, Ind. —A former U.S. Congressional candidate charged with posting death threats against 4 county judges told a judge Friday that she's innocent and needs to be let out of jail so she can go to school.
A magistrate judge held Cheryl Allen's initial hearing at the Morgan County Courthouse Friday. Allen is facing eight felony intimidation charges for alleged threats against county judges and officials.
People who know her said they are scared of her. Many of the threatened people said she is mentally ill and needs medical help.
The Facebook threats targeted four Morgan County judges: Judge Jane Spencer Craney, Judge Tom Gray, Judge Chris Burnham and Judge Matt Hanson.
Police said she also named other public officials by their first names referencing Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega and Morgan County Councilwoman Vickie Kivett. The threats may be from anger Allen had over a recent discrimination case she filed. The case was dismissed by a judge.
"One day I will have my revenge on your seeking so much revenge on me. Jane, Tom, Matt, Chris, Steve, Monte, Eric, Vickie, Carol, Larry, Debbie, William(Bill), Mike, Penny, etc," a 4:46 p.m. post on Monday said.
"Someday Boooooom while your setting in your offices," a 4:47 p.m. post said.
"And you know I won't even be the one pulling the trigger. Someday this world will wake up and take those courts back for the victims whose lives you have destroyed to sit on your dead lazy asses and do nothing," a 4:51 p.m. post said.
"I'm not familiar with anything on Facebook but I know past history she has shared the same thoughts in emails to other people in our community," Councilwoman Vickie Kivett said.
"Well, my connection goes back to the time when I was county clerk I had problems with her," Kivett said.
Allen's posts prompted the felony charges.
Allen lists on her Facebook page that she is a 1977 Martinsville graduate and a Republican.
She ran as a Republican candidate for Steve Buyer's vacated 4th District Congressional seat last year. She ran in the primary as the only female candidate but lost.
Allen is being held on a no bond order until she is advised of a no contact order for all four of the judges.
Reminder (to self & other Internet threateners/inciters/angry loudmouths):
In the release, Durnil said there was enough probable cause from the postings on the social-media site to issue an arrest warrant for Allen.
Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega, one of the officials reportedly targeted by first name in the postings, handed the investigation over to Barry Brown, a Monroe County attorney serving as a special prosecutor in the case.
Sonnega said Friday that he decided to err on the side of safety following a shooting that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others at the Democratic congresswoman's event Jan. 8 in Tucson, Ariz.
Brown, who could not be reached for comment Friday, filed the charges against Allen, and officers arrested her Thursday at her home, Durnil said.
The charges carry a possible sentence of 4 to 24 years in prison and up to $80,000 in fines Allen is convicted.
Allen was still being held late Friday afternoon in the Morgan County Jail, with bond set at $100,000.
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