Man Convicted Of Threatening O'Malley Gets Second Trial

By Nick Madigan, The Sun (Baltimore)Walter Abbott, a 47-year-old construction worker, stood trial Tuesday for the second time on charges of making a threat of bodily injury to a public official, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. In his obscenity-laden email, which he acknowledged writing, Abbott threatened to "strangle the life" from the governor if he could ever get close enough to him.

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