Thursday, May 20, 1999
Hostile e-mails case over
BY RAY SCHAEFER
Enquirer Contributor
FORT THOMAS — An investigation into threatening e-mails sent to a 54-year-old Fort Thomas attorney last month has ended with no charges filed by police.
Patrolman Scott Gonzales of the Fort Thomas Police Department said Tuesday proposed misdemeanor charges of harassing communication and terroristic threatening against a 14-year-old Overland Park, Kan., boy and a 14-year-old Salem, Ore., girl probably won't be filed because the juveniles can't be brought to Kentucky on misdemeanor offenses.
“I think we've explored all the avenues,” Patrolman Gonzales said.
Fort Thomas Police Chief Steve Schmidt said despite no charges, the investigation went well. “I'm sure (the teens) got the message,” he said. “You don't play games like this. We don't think it's funny.”
The Fort Thomas attorney, whose name was not disclosed, was online e-mailing an uncle when the messages came in. Police originally thought the attorney's teen-age son was on the computer.
One message read, “Do you want to die? We can help you with that.”
Police and the FBI were then called, and America Online traced the messages to accounts in Kansas and Oregon.
Patrolman Gonzales said there was no connection between the teens and the attorney. He said police in both Overland Park and Salem talked to the teens.
“The Kansas young man, he didn't give any indication as to how he got the screen name of the (attorney),” Patrolman Gonzales said.
As for the Oregon girl, Patrolman Gonzales said her parents told authorities the America Online account in question had been closed since December.
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