Judge sets $450,000 bond for man accused of threatening Rep. Snyder

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Palm Beach Post

STUART — Martin County Circuit Judge Kathleen Roberts today set bond at $450,000 for Manuel Pintado, the self-described “political activist” from Massachusetts accused of threatening state Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, because he disagrees with Snyder’s proposed immigration bill.

Wearing an orange Martin County Jail uniform and glasses, Pintado said “No, your honor,” when Roberts asked if he had any questions after she read the charges and bond amounts and said she had appointed a public defender to represent him. Pintado appeared via closed circuit TV from the jail while Roberts was at the county courthouse.

Pintado, a 47-year-old University of Massachusetts sociology student described by friends as passionate about immigrants’ rights, is accused of sending an e-mail to Snyder that said: “You better just stop that ridiculous law if you value you rand your familie’s lives (expletive).”

Snyder has proposed an Arizona-style immigration law for Florida.

Read more: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/02/judge-sets-450000-bond-for-man-accused-of-threatening-rep-snyder/

[Turbineguy]

1. Not smart.

Everybody knows you can only send shit like that to Democrats.

[24601]

5. Try saying something like that to Obama or Biden and see how

long you remain free before the Secret Service locks your ass up.

[harmonicon]

2. Maybe the prison he goes to will have a literacy program. nt.

[KansDem]

3. Isn't that bond rather steep?

Half-a-mil for threatening a public figure? :shrug:

[greiner3]

4. They protect their own.