Woman charged with e-mailing threats to Wash. Gov. Gregoire 08:09 AM PST on Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Whatcom County woman has been charged with sending a series of increasingly threatening e-mails to Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Lee Ann Linville, 44, of Birch Bay, wrote that the governor was "dead meat to God" and that "There is going to be a murder attempt on your life, your childrens lives and your husband," charging papers filed in Whatcom County Superior Court said.
Linville also claimed to have foreknowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, prosecutors said. She claimed the government had stolen her money and that Gregoire should pay her $2.5 million.
From January to March, she sent 10 e-mails to the governor's office. On March 11, prosecutors said, she wrote, "Steal from meagain Chris and you could end up like Safira," a biblical character who dropped dead after lying to God.
In another message that day, she allegedly wrote, "Ms. Greggoire I have decided to kick you in your nonexistent nuts."
And on March 22: "If any member of my family is threatened orharmed you will discover a rock driven through your skull by no human hand. I walk in an avenue you do not even comprehend."
Gregoire said Monday she did not know of the threats, but added: "I am not going to be deterred by anybody who is going to launch a death threat to me. I experienced it when I was attorney general. I understand why some people fixate on an individual who presides as governor or attorney general or as president of the United States."
Linville was arrested Saturday on the felony count and ordered held on $100,000 bail after a court appearance Monday.
Her lawyer, Matt Peach, said during Monday's hearing that his client "wants you to know that she has absolutely no history of any kind of violence against anyone or anything."
Linville must undergo a psychological evaluation, even though she said she had three between 2000 and 2003, the Bellingham Herald reported.
Wonder what Linville's handle is on FR?