A Las Vegas man has been charged with sending threatening e-mails to the North Las Vegas police chief and deputy city attorney.
An indictment handed up by a federal grand jury on Wednesday charged Eric Christian, 37, of allegedly sending two e-mails to Police Chief Joseph Forti requesting help getting his car from an impound lot.
He also charged with sending a threatening e-mail to Chief Deputy City Attorney Michael Davidson requesting information about two court cases.
The second e-mail to Forti, sent on June 1, allegedly said: “I will have to kill to retrieve my stolen and items if you do not retrieve them,” and “Get my (expletive) car or watch a terrorist car thief DIE!!!”
In a June 4 e-mail to Davidson, Christian allegedly wrote: “Do not ignore me, because I just get more persistent and pissed the (expletive) off. It would be best to get the Writ of Habeas Corpus out of the way that way I don’t need to get a mob together and start a civil war to kidd Judge Van Landeschoot or YOU for terrorizing and violating the rights of American citizens!”
Warren VanLandschoot is a North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge.
Christian was arrested on June 25 and remains in federal custody. He is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen on Aug. 7 for an arraignment and plea.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of two counts.
The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lucas Foletta.
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