A federal judge has
denied bail for a northeastern Pennsylvania man accused of threatening to kill
President Barack Obama last month.
Authorities say
42-year-old Nicholas Savino of Clarks Summit sent an email to the White House
on Aug. 16 calling Obama the Antichrist and threatening to shoot him. He was
arrested a week later, just before Obama visited nearby Scranton.
The (Scranton)
Times-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/155MjoP )
says defense attorney Paul Ackoury sought Savino's release on Wednesday.
Ackoury acknowledged
that authorities found a lot of ammunition at Savino's home but said that was
because he feared a weapons ban.
U.S. District
Magistrate Judge Thomas Blewitt rejected the request, calling the reported
11,000 rounds "an outrageous amount of ammunition."
Ackoury said after the
hearing that he didn't believe his client posed any threat.
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