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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/7645189

raoul "Mr Thorough" raoul says: crossposted due to the Detroit connection

Good news for those of you who enjoy threatening people's lives! Death threats by SMS/MMS[^1] cost only 30 days in Federal prison![^2] Act now!

A New Hampshire woman [Katelyn Jones, 26, formerly of Olivet, Michigan] 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.

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.

Of course, the poor thing was…

[…] was coping with unspecified physical and mental health issues, The Detroit News reported.

Aren't we all?


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[^1]: Photos were involved, hence my MMS designation -- Raoul "Mr Accurate" Raoul [^2]: Your attorney's mileage may vary.

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