Cape Elizabeth (Maine) man facing federal charges for threatening NPR hosts

[Maine-ah]

http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/03/16/news/cape-elizabeth-man-facing-federal-charges-for-threatening-npr-hosts/

PORTLAND, Maine — A Cape Elizabeth man is being held on federal charges that he used computers in Portland when he threatened to torture and kill National Public Radio hosts Melissa Block and Guy Raz.

Because e-mails allegedly sent by John Crosby to NPR’s website crossed state lines, Crosby faces two counts of Class D transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce, each of which carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court in Portland.

According to an affidavit written by Nathan Jacobs, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crosby used the “Contact Us” function on NPR’s website to make multiple threats against Block and Raz, who host the NPR programs “All Things Considered” and “Weekend All Things Considered,” respectively.

Crosby’s obscenity-laden messages threatened various acts of violence against Block because, among other reasons, “she is a commissar who is helping to destroy me and use me as human sacrifice,” according to a message allegedly sent by Crosby on Jan. 17, according to the affidavit. That e-mail was sent from a Starbucks on Congress Street in Portland.

[Ian David]

1. Sounds like he's just nuts. n/t

[Maine-ah]

2. yeah, he's definitely in need of an evaluation....

[Ian David]

3. Everyone knows it's Ira Glass that does the human sacrifices. n/t

[tanyev]

4. They're doing human sacrifices at Starbucks now?

At least they let him keep using his computer during the ritual.

[Orrex]

5. I once threatened to tell NPR news hosts that their programming kind of sucks

But that's as far as it got.

[Enrique]

6. i threatened to shoot my radio when I heard the "Car Talk" music coming on... n/t

[Orrex]

8. I'll take the entire run of Car Talk before even 10 seconds of A Prairie Home Companion

Actually, I've kind of grown to enjoy Car Talk. Took a while, but I got there...

[leveymg]

7. Try that decaf latte next time, Crosby. Melissa Block "is a commissar"?!??

And, skip the double expresso shots.