Man accused of threatening to kill Kalispell children wants charges dropped
Source: The Missoulian
KALISPELL The lawyer for the man accused of threatening on social media to shoot dozens of Kalispell school children filed motions to dismiss the charges on Wednesday.
Public defender Brent Getty argues two constitutional challenges to the felony charges of intimidation and criminal defamation levied against David Joseph Lenio by Flathead County.
Getty also asked District Court Judge Heidi Ulbricht to dismiss the intimidation charge on the grounds that the state has not shown a crime was committed, and that the allegation fails to identify a specific person or purpose as required.
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From Feb. 12-15, Lenio allegedly tweeted dozens of messages saying things such as, I want to shoot up a school, I may kill kids, I bet I could get at least 12 unarmed sitting ducks if I decide to go on a killing spree in a #school, and Why the hell shouldnt I shoot up a synagogue for what the jews (sic) did to US?
Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-kalispell-children-wants-charges/article_18e8c49f-cd14-5a32-8935-857d17489ff7.html
JI7
(89,262 posts)"the state has not shown a crime was committed"
Behind the Aegis
(53,976 posts)The defense is very strange.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)as long as the person has the means to carry it out. He did. When arrested police found:
At his home, they found a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle and Russian-made bolt-action rifle, along with more ammunition, that Lenios roommate told authorities Lenio had just brought into the residence from a storage unit.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/suspect-threatened-to-shoot-kalispell-schoolkids/article_075b6e83-1997-5c20-91c3-7ec6db2e2a3d.html
The defense is he threatened to kill so many people that his threats should not be taken seriously.
A bit more of his history from the article I linked to. Sandy Hook truther, Israel is behind 9/11. He was obsessed with mass killings. From Gifford's shooting to Aurora. Obama is coming to take his guns. He seems a bit mentally unhinged. A possible spree killer in the making.