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Russiaville man faces charged for threatening police

Posted April 08, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A Russiaville man is facing felony stalking and intimidation charges after allegedly making threats against police.

Forty-four-year-old Christopher Sutton reportedly threatened Kokomo law enforcement on Facebook with posts encouraging his friends to set traps in their yards to injure police.

WTHR reports (http://bit.ly/2nsaooZ ) Sutton also allegedly asked his followers to record officers being injured and specified a female officer.

Detectives discovered documentation that shows Sutton had been stalking the officer since 2014 when she conducted a traffic stop on him and he aggressively followed her toward her home.

He later pleaded guilty to multiple violations in that incident.

Sutton has been charged with a misdemeanor for harassment in addition to the stalking and intimidation charges. He turned himself in on Friday. It was immediately unclear if he has an attorney.

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Information from: WTHR-TV, http://www.wthr.com/

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