#0, Milton Thomas Black
Posted by jameson on Jun-26-02 at 09:50 AM
June 25, 2002 <P> Man accused of threatening Reid, others<BR> pleads not guilty<P> By Jace Radke <BR> <jace@lasvegassun.com><BR> LAS VEGAS SUN<P> A Las Vegas man accused of mailing letters that<BR> threatened the lives of four members of Congress,<BR> including Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., pleaded not guilty to a<BR> five-count indictment in U.S. District Court Monday.<P> Milton Thomas Black, 62, issued his plea to U.S.<BR> Magistrate Judge Robert Johnston and is scheduled to go<BR> to trial July 8 to face charges of mailing and faxing<BR> threatening communications from October to December<BR> of 2001.<P> According to a previously filed criminal complaint, Black<BR> sent a letter addressed to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen.<BR> Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., in<BR> which he complained about being ignored by government<BR> officials.<P> In one letter addressed to Colorado Gov. Bill Owens there<BR> was a threat made against Reid and CNN host Larry King.<P> Black allegedly complained in the letter that no one would<BR> pay attention to information he had developed in the<BR> JonBenet Ramsey homicide case.<P> Black reportedly ended the letter by threatening to douse<BR> Reid with gasoline, just like Clint Eastwood's character<BR> did in the movie "High Plains Drifter," according to the<BR> letter.<P> Black remains in federal custody without bail.<P> In an unrelated case Monday, a Las Vegas businessman<BR> pleaded not guilty to five counts of mail fraud.<P> Richard Raymond Ruppert, 38, is scheduled to go to trial<BR> July 23 on charges of wire fraud.<P> Ruppert is named in an indictment that alleges he ran a<BR> bank investment scheme from December 1998 to April<BR> 2000. The scheme allegedly involved misrepresentations<BR> to investors that their funds would be used to buy<BR> discounted bank notes and securities.<P> Instead, the indictment alleges, Ruppert converted nearly<BR> all of the funds for his own use, costing the victims more<BR> than $500,000.
#1, Jams
Posted by AMM on Jun-26-02 at 02:37 PM
In response to message #0
"Black allegedly complained in the letter that no one would pay attention to information he had developed in the JonBenet Ramsey homicide case."<P>Although his measures are extreme, and he sounds like a quack I would be very interested to hear what he has to say. So, did he ever say publically what the information was?<P>
#2, I don't know
Posted by jameson on Jun-29-02 at 03:51 PM
In response to message #1
He has never been in touch with me - - not that I know of.
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