Orange County (Texas) man charged with terroristic threat against Speaker Dade Phelan

[catfish1957]

https://kfdm.com/news/local/breaking-man-from-orange-charged-with-terroristic-threat-against-speaker-dade-phelan



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JEFFERSON COUNTY — KFDM/Fox 4 News has learned a man from Orange County is jailed in Jefferson County after Special Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested him on a felony charge of making Terroristic Threats against Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan.

Daniel Troy Leblanc, 44, is held on a $500,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr. The judge has ordered that if Leblanc posts bond, he avoid all contact with Phelan and wear a GPS ankle monitor.


According to the DPS, on Monday, January 15, Special Agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Criminal Investigations Division arrested Leblanc in Orange County following an investigation into threats made against House Speaker Dade Phelan on multiple social media platforms.

He's charged with Terroristic Threat, a 3rd Degree Felony. If convicted, he could face 2-10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. He was extradited Wednesday morning to the Jefferson County Jail. The charge was elevated to a 3rd Degree Felony because of Phelan's position as a pubic servant.

 

[AllThatJazzZ]

Aw, sheesh. We don't need something like this to put Phelan in a sympathetic light. 

[catfish1957]

Aw, sheesh. We don't need something like this to put Phelan in a sympathetic light. 

Thought the same thing, and even wondered if this was a Smollette event.