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| Second inmate indicted in threat against judge |
| By The Cincinnati Post |
| Published: 11/10/2003 |
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For the second time in six weeks, an inmate has been indicted for threatening to kill a Hamilton County judge. A Hamilton County grand jury today indicted Jessie Collins, 30, for retaliation and intimidation, charges carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Collins is accused of writing a letter sent from the Hamilton County Justice Center to Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Schweikert, threatening to kill the judge and his family. Schweikert presided over Collins' May trial in which a jury convicted him of felonious assault and child endangering for shaking his own 2-month-old son so severely the child suffered a fractured skull, two broken legs and had more than 100 retinal hemorrhages. Collins testified the baby suffered the injuries when he was holding the child, stepped on a toy and fell. But Collins' girlfriend and the baby's mother, Jamie Tu, told police Collins shook their son often and would tell her "quit spoiling him" when she picked the crying baby up. In her letter to Collins in jail, she told him she was "just trying to tell the truth for our son." "(Collins) has no trouble picking on a defenseless 2-month-old infant. We'll see how he fares now that he's up against the full might of the criminal justice system," Prosecutor Mike Allen said today. Police traced the letter back to Collins' Justice Center cell where he stayed until he was sent to state prison in Warren County to serve an eight-year sentence for the baby-shaking conviction. Collins joins Ronnie Clark as inmates charged with threatening to kill judges. Clark, in court to face charges of threatening to kill his girlfriend and then the police officer who responded to the call, swore on his dead father's grave in court that he would kill Municipal Court Judge Ethna Cooper who was presiding over his case. Clark is in a state facility undergoing mental evaluation. He also faces retaliation and intimidation charges. |
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