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Friday, December 12, 2008
Man threatens to shoot Rendell, winds up in jail

 

A Blair County man wound up in jail after sending a threatening email to Gov. Rendell last weekend.

“Dear Big Ed. I pray every night that a Christian or Arab puts a bullet through your corrupt jewish skull,” the man wrote.

 When a state trooper showed up, the man said “I’ve been expecting you.”

State police charged Vincent Lee Stone Jr., 53, with terroristic threats, harassment and ethnic intimidation. They opened an investigation after the governor's office reported receiving an e-mail from Stone Saturday night.

Click here for the Altoona Mirror’s story.


 

Click here for Philly.com's politics page.

Posted by Mario Cattabiani @ 11:57 AM  Permalink | 29 comments
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Posted 12:17 PM, 12/12/2008
remucho
Boy is he mad at Ed about something...could it be his politics,,,,who knows he must be a Steelers Fan!!
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Posted 12:47 PM, 12/12/2008
Delco Tom
5$ says that this loon is seen by the NRA as being a responsible gun owner.
Posted 12:48 PM, 12/12/2008
LCVET
Maybe he's upset he lost money at one of Ed's crooked State casinos. There Ed you got your wish, you turned a hard working blue collar state into a bunch of gambling junkies. Hurry up and open a couple of more casinos before it's too late.
Posted 12:55 PM, 12/12/2008
Anthony Palmer
Probaly doesn't like the fact that Ed Rendell is showing the casinos down his throat!
Posted 12:55 PM, 12/12/2008
Anthony Palmer
Probaly doesn't like the fact that Ed Rendell is showing the casinos down his throat!
Posted 12:55 PM, 12/12/2008
gnit2
hey- he didn't say he was going to do it, just that he prayed someone else would!
Posted 01:02 PM, 12/12/2008
offshore
If someone builds a casino, does the trailer trash from PA have to go? How would you increase revenue, tax crack?
Posted 01:10 PM, 12/12/2008
shebop
wow! boy is he mad.
Posted 01:25 PM, 12/12/2008
glensider54
Was he displeased w/ Big Ed's politics or his post game comments...or both?
Posted 01:41 PM, 12/12/2008
southphilly
this man was just stating his opinion, and that's not a crime - Freedom of Speech....
Posted 02:20 PM, 12/12/2008
dowens1617
"I've been expecting you." That qoute is frickin fantastic.
Posted 02:43 PM, 12/12/2008
Teddyballgame
I knew the increases on the turnpike would make people mad but this is going to far.
Posted 03:09 PM, 12/12/2008
dreinterests
It doesn't sound like a threat though it certainly could be considered harrassment or ethnic intimidations...unless you believe prayers produce reaelity, in which case it would be a threat.
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Commonwealth Confidential gives you regularly updated coverage of the state legislature, the governor and the workings of the state bureaucracy. It is written by the political reporters in the Inquirer's Harrisburg bureau, based right in the statehouse.

Mario F. Cattabiani (left) has covered state government and politics from Harrisburg since 1994, the last six years for the Inquirer. In July, he was ranked by PolitickerPa.com as No. 1 among the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania.

Angela Couloumbis (center) joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1998, and has covered government and politics in New Jersey, Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania, including Gov. Rendell’s 2006 race against former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann.

Amy Worden (right) joined the Inquirer in 2000 and has covered governors, gubernatorial races, U.S. Senate races and three presidential campaigns. When not covering politics she can be found filing dispatches from disaster scenes or digging into local stories of national import.
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